This week, Pinpoint Policy Institute joined Americans for Tax Reform and 30 organizations in sending a letter to President Trump asking the Administration to index capital gains to inflation. Read more here: https://atr.org/30-conservative-groups-back-trump-to-end-the-inflation-tax-on-capital-gains/ ATR_PPI_Capital_Gains_InflationDownload
Read moreThe Point February 18, 2026 “Expanding deposit insurance does not make sense. A proposed expansion might reflect the desire to avoid financial instability, but could backfire because of the reduced incentive to monitor banks’ riskiness. It could favor depository institutions…
Read moreThe Point February 9, 2026 Note: With the publication of a piece by Oren Cass in The New York Times last week attacking capitalism – titled, “How the Capitalists Broke Capitalism” – the University of Texas at Austin Civitas Institute…
Read moreThe Point February 9, 2026 President Trump’s message is simple: your money, your choice. Last summer, Trump issued an Executive Order to open private market investments to American retirement savers. The administration made it clear that the same wealth-building tools…
Read more“A Washington advocacy organization is asking the Internal Revenue Service to review the tax-exempt status of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard (IFS), citing alleged violations of federal nonprofit disclosure rules and an apparent lack of transparency about the organization’s…
Read moreToday, Pinpoint Policy Institute joined Americans for Tax Reform and a coalition of more than two dozen conservative organizations urging members of Congress to oppose price controls on credit cards, including efforts to impose caps on interest rates or the…
Read more“But capping interest rates would do the most damage to low-income and higher-risk households - who are most likely to rely on credit cards for such emergencies. When lenders are unable to charge rates that match the risk, they tighten…
Read more“Labor Department Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling pledged to deliver a new rule on the inclusion of investments like private-equity and private-credit in pension plans. The rule will prioritize transparent standards that will give plan sponsors cover against potential litigation that has…
Read more“In place of increasing federally insured deposit limits, policy makers should also be looking for ways to invigorate and make even more competitive the private deposit insurance market for business accounts. Additionally, Congress must seek ways to destigmatize use of…
Read more“When the government expands its backing of banks, it gains leverage to enforce ideological conformity. Deposit insurance reform may sound like a technical fix, but it’s part of a broader campaign to turn banks into instruments of federal power. Conservatives…
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