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Jared Walczak
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Vice President of State Projects, Tax Foundation
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Join date: Jan 17, 2026
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May 20, 2026 ∙ 4 min
Ben Franklin and the “essential Liberty” of taxation
Franklin stood on the idea that no government could be truly representative if the taxing power (whether in exercise or forbearance) lay wholly elsewhere.
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Jul 21, 2025 ∙ 5 min
New federal tax change will make our region less competitive unless state lawmakers act
In most respects, Idaho and Montana have been enthusiastic in their pursuit of tax competitiveness. But if there’s one area of tax policy on which they are worse than their peers, it’s in their incorporation of GILTI—the federal tax on Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income—into their own state tax codes. Not even California or Illinois does that.
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