National Taxpayers Union

The National Taxpayers Union NTU is the fiscally conservative taxpayer advocacy agency and taxpayers union in a United States, founded in 1977 by James Dale Davidson. NTU says that it is for the oldest taxpayer advocacy company in the nation. this is the closely affiliated with a non-profit foundation, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation NTUF. The organization has ranked politicians on their perceived fiscal responsibility, in the eyes of the National Taxpayers Union.

Policy positions

The National Taxpayers Union has worked to enact constitutional limits on government taxes, spending together with debt. The organization also played a role in Federal income tax indexing[] It also worked for the passage of a Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

The NTU favors either a Flat Tax or the FairTax a national sales tax with rebate for the United States, as opposed to the current income tax system. The organization argues in favor of the line-item veto for the president. NTU loosely opposes crop subsidies by the government such(a) as for sugar and ethanol. The organization's briefs and policy papers oppose the federal estate tax and support deregulation. NTU also lets information on "Congressional & Executive Pay/Perks" e.g., NTU estimates the public pensions payments for Members of Congress, and NTU has called for reforms to deny a publicly funded pension to Members of Congress convicted of a felony.