1. Full cost on the label
Every bill carries a ten-year cost estimate before it gets a vote.
2. Say who pays
Households, businesses, or future taxpayers. Named, not implied.
3. No riders
Spending unrelated to the bill's purpose comes out.
4. Trackable dollars
Public money can be followed to where it was spent.
5. A date to check results
Programs report back on whether they did what they promised.
Political firm / Clean economics
We are a political firm that fights for clean economics.
EconWire Insights works with lawmakers, campaigns, coalitions, and businesses to pass economic policy with nothing hidden in it. Clean economics means every budget, tax change, and spending program shows its full cost, says who pays, and can be checked by the public.
Four ways we move clean economic policy.
Research
Policy scoring
We cost out a bill or proposal and grade it against the five tests.
Advocacy
Campaigns for reform
We plan and run advocacy campaigns for transparency and budget reform.
Capitol work
Testimony and briefings
We prepare clients to testify and brief legislators and their staff.
Coalitions
Partners on both sides
We bring together groups from left and right who agree on clean books.
From first call to a bill on the floor.
Free consultation
Tell us the policy fight. We tell you honestly whether we can help.
Written scope
Goals, deliverables, timeline, and fee, agreed in writing before any work.
Research and outreach
Research, strategy, and outreach, with a status report every two weeks.
Anyone who wants the books open.
State and federal lawmakers and their offices. Candidates running on budget reform. Taxpayer, civic, and good-government groups. Businesses and trade groups that want fair, predictable rules. We do not take clients whose goal is to hide a cost.
What working with us looks like.
"They scored our transportation bill in two weeks. The cost table they built is now in the committee report."
"Our coalition had groups that agree on nothing else. EconWire got them behind one budget transparency bill."
"Our candidate ran on publishing every line of the city budget. They built the plan and the numbers behind it."
Illustrative stories that show how clients work with EconWire Insights. Not quotes from real clients.
Have a policy fight that needs clean numbers?
The first consultation is free. Engagement fees are quoted in writing before work starts.