Experts BlogJune 17, 2013 - Tax Reform Season Is Coming There is no unanimity on how to best fund government budgets using the typical five-source basket of taxes from income, property, unemployment insurance, sales, and usage fees. When elected officials adopt a tax reform initiative, they structure it as adjustments in rates applying to the five sources or in ways of measuring the five sources, [...]
June 13, 2013 - Healthcare: Pitting Americans against Each Other The American public will soon be wedged into the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a forklift replacement for the healthcare system that consumers use today. In this new health care regime, the roles of provider, patient, and payer will be further segregated into winners and losers. Those postures are a direct result of Congress’ 2010 choice [...]
June 11, 2013 - Consumers Are Thinking Differently About Brands In 2011, $144 billion or $462 per capita was spent on U.S. advertising for the products and services you buy. Advertising is intended to burnish not just an individual product, but a brand that may include many products. The brand is a way for marketers to distinguish their products from competitor’s products – it’s like [...]
NewsJune 14, 2013 - White House Hails Internet Successes: Calls for Light-Touch Regulation June 13, 2013 - ACI Quoted in TR Daily June 11, 2013 - ACI in the Daily Caller: Discriminatory Wireless Taxation June 11, 2013 - ACI Applauds Representative Lofgren and Franks for their Commitment to Protecting Consumers |
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