20 years ago this month, President Clinton and a Republican Congress “ended welfare as we know it.” The welfare reforms of 1996 enacted work requirements, set time limits, and allowed more flexibility for states. What have been the results of these proposals? Are people better off than they were before? AEI scholar Robert Doar joins the podcast to discuss welfare reforms’ results, legacy, and future.

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Its been 30 years since Ronald Reagan passed the last major tax reform, and since then America has fallen behind its global competition. While reforming the tax code has always been a priority, House Republicans finally have a plan to do just that. Texas Congressman Kevin Brady joins the Podcast to discuss their proposal and the possibility of tax reform happening in 2017.

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Thanks to the work of groups like Americans for Prosperity, the nation now has 26 Right to Work states. Despite these victories for employee freedom, many workers don’t know the rights they have when it comes to opting out of certain dues or unions all together. Director of Policy Akash Chougule joins the podcast during Employee Freedom Week to talk about why educating employees around the country about their rights is so vital.

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The Obama administration has not been friendly towards traditional forms of energy, even going as far as trying to regulate emissions from NASCAR. Congressman Richard Hudson from North Carolina has spent years fighting against this overreach and joins the podcast to talk about NASCAR and the economic benefits of traditional energy.

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Politicians always seem to love to talk about our “crumbling roads and bridges” as a reason to increase the the gas tax. New Jersey was the latest trying to raise their gas tax by an astronomical 23 cents per gallon. With both politicians and special interests pushing for this gas tax increase, how did the Senate adjourn without a tax increase? New Jersey AFP State Director Erica Jedynak joins the Prosperity Podcast to discuss what the tax would have meant for New Jersey families and how it was stopped.

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We all know its the IRS job to make sure we pay our taxes, but why does it have a role in regulating free speech? California Congressman Tom McClintock joins the podcast to discuss hows the IRS has chilled free and what can be done to reign them in.

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Congressman Duncan Hunter made national news when he “vaped” in committee in protest to making vaping on airplanes a federal crime.  More recently Hunter has been a critic of the new Food and Drug Administration deeming rules which would effectively ban not only vaping products but hand rolled cigars as well. Why has the FDA implemented such destructive rules and what effect will these rules have on thousands of small businesses across the country?

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Technological innovation has given millions of Americans the ability to work remotely. Whether its working from home when your child is sick or sending an email from your phone, flexibility is the name of the game. Yet the Obama Administration’s new rule has the potential to take that flexibility away from millions of salaried workers and send many back to working hourly. Akash Chougule joins the Prosperity Podcast to discuss.

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Since the financial crisis in 2007, Americans have become well acquainted with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But after billions of dollars in bailouts are Americans protected from future bailouts? Senator Corker joins the podcast to talk to Fannie and Freddie reform and how to get taxpayers off the hook.

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Like many states, Kentucky required those who wanted to practice hair braiding to spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to get government permission to braid hair. Why are these laws on the books in the first place? Who benefits from these government red tape? Kentucky State Director Julia Crigler joins Ed to discuss American for Prosperity’s efforts to cut the red tape of hair braiding.

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