Memphis 98.9 FM on the death tax
Beacon CEO Justin Owen joins News Talk 98.9 FM’s “Talk Memphis” show to discuss the need to repeal Tennessee’s death tax. Listen to the interview at the link below. 3-28-12 – 8 09 – Justin...
View ArticleSetting the record straight
Beacon CEO Justin Owen takes issue with a recent editorial by the Chattanooga Times in opposition to the state death tax repeal efforts. Read his letter to the editor here and below. Repealing death...
View ArticleTN House passes death tax repeal
The Beacon Center of Tennessee applauds the House of Representatives for passing a full repeal of the state death tax today in a bipartisan vote. The bill, HB3760, will phase out the death tax,...
View ArticleTennessee House passes death tax repeal
The Beacon Center of Tennessee applauds the House of Representatives for passing a full repeal of the state death tax today in a bipartisan vote. The bill, HB3760, will phase out the death tax,...
View ArticleBeacon’s death tax efforts noted
Friday’s Nashville Business Journal covers the debate over the economic impact of the state death tax, noting Beacon’s efforts to repeal the tax. Yesterday, the state House of Representatives voted to...
View ArticleBeacon’s statement on death tax repeal passage
TNReport.com outlines Thursday’s vote by the state House of Representatives to repeal the death tax. The story includes a portion of Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s statement immediately after the House voted...
View ArticleBeacon responds to Democrats’ budget proposal
Beacon CEO Justin Owen talks to TNReport.com about the House Democrats’ alternative budget proposal unveiled this week. While Owen criticizes their plan to spend excess revenue, he does support their...
View ArticleArt Laffer’s ideas make a comeback
In a feature story on economist Art Laffer, the Tennessean notes how the former advisor to President Reagan has worked with Beacon and other state-based think tanks to promote sound tax policy at the...
View Article“The pork not chopped”
Tennessee Report asks the question: was there any pork barrel spending in this year’s state budget? Yes, says Beacon CEO Justin Owen, and that’s why it is incumbent upon groups like Beacon to call out...
View ArticleForbes notes Beacon’s work on death tax repeal
In a new article, Forbes discusses the effort to repeal Tennessee’s death tax. The end of the article cites Beacon’s work, including the study conducted by Dr. Art Laffer and Dr. Wayne Winegarden on...
View ArticleHillary and Washington’s GOP Finally Agree: Death Tax is Killer
Lindsay Boyd's latest post finds a little bit of common ground between Hillary Clinton and The Republican Party.
View ArticleWhat I am Thankful For
"In honor of Thanksgiving, instead of focusing on the problems, I would like to recognize some of the things about Tennessee for which I am sincerely thankful."
View ArticleTennessee House passes death tax repeal
The Beacon Center of Tennessee applauds the House of Representatives for passing a full repeal of the state death tax today in a bipartisan vote. The bill, HB3760, will phase out the death tax,...
View ArticleBeacon's death tax efforts noted
Friday’s Nashville Business Journal covers the debate over the economic impact of the state death tax, noting Beacon’s efforts to repeal the tax. Yesterday, the state House of Representatives voted to...
View ArticleBeacon's statement on death tax repeal passage
TNReport.com outlines Thursday’s vote by the state House of Representatives to repeal the death tax. The story includes a portion of Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s statement immediately after the House voted...
View ArticleBeacon responds to Democrats’ budget proposal
Beacon CEO Justin Owen talks to TNReport.com about the House Democrats’ alternative budget proposal unveiled this week. While Owen criticizes their plan to spend excess revenue, he does support their...
View ArticleArt Laffer's ideas make a comeback
In a feature story on economist Art Laffer, the Tennessean notes how the former advisor to President Reagan has worked with Beacon and other state-based think tanks to promote sound tax policy at the...
View Article“The pork not chopped”
Tennessee Report asks the question: was there any pork barrel spending in this year’s state budget? Yes, says Beacon CEO Justin Owen, and that’s why it is incumbent upon groups like Beacon to call out...
View ArticleForbes notes Beacon's work on death tax repeal
In a new article, Forbes discusses the effort to repeal Tennessee’s death tax. The end of the article cites Beacon’s work, including the study conducted by Dr. Art Laffer and Dr. Wayne Winegarden on...
View ArticleHillary and Washington’s GOP Finally Agree: Death Tax is Killer
It seems that both Hillary Clinton and a majority of U.S House GOP members may have finally found something on which they can agree. Americans for Tax Reform’s Ryan Ellis wrote in Forbes last week that...
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