Budget and Tax
Tuesday, June 5, 2007Eye on PorkBuckeye Institute offers new feature Filed As: Budget and TaxThe Buckeye Institute, an Ohio-based organization, has an eye for pork. Its Eye on the State House project casts a critical eye on state spending priorities. The more »»
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Thursday, June 21, 2007Governor's Travels Cost Illinois $5,800 Per DayDaily service to and from Chicago Filed As: Budget and Tax, GeneralOf Chicago, Frank Sinatra once sang that "it's my kind of town." Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) agrees. During 9 recent trips to Springfield (site of the Capitol), he stayed overnight only once, returning to Chicago 8 times. The Chicago Sun-Times has more: Gov. ... more »»
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Monday, June 11, 2007The Feeding Frenzy BeginsFiled As: Budget and Tax, GeneralThe Harrisburg Patriot-News reports on the feeding frenzy that is taking place in the Pennsylvania capitol, as groups plead their case for taxpayer money. Senior citizens were buoyed by Beach Boys ... more »»
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Friday, June 22, 2007How to Reduce Government Payroll CostsCompetitive bidding works for services, why not individual positions? Filed As: Budget and Tax, Municipal Services, PrivatizationCompetitive bidding has been successfully employed world-wide to improve government service quality and reduce their cost. Thus, why not use competitive bidding to help reduce public servant payroll costs? Years ago Jerry Yudelson of Portland, Oregon explored this idea in The Daily Journal ... more »»
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Thursday, May 31, 2007Tax Increases Turned Back in MinnesotaFiled As: Budget and TaxOn occasion, the right thing gets done in politics. In Minnesota, last year's election flipped the House from Republican to Democratic control, and strengthened the Democratic control of the Senate. With strong majorities for the Democrats and a Republican governor having already backed off a ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007Michigan Avoids Tax CutsFiled As: Budget and TaxAs Michigan continues its one-state recession, the 1980s-era refrain "Will the last person leaving Michigan please turn out the lights" has some resonance. But at least the Michigan Legislature balked at an opportunity to ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007Half a Million in DebtFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareIf the rules of business applied to government, the costs of past promises become explicit and vast. USA Today reports on the unfunded liabilities of governments--the extent to which anticipated tax revenues are outstripped by various promises made. The bottom line, the paper said, is that ... more »»
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Monday, May 21, 2007Taxing CleavagePro-low tax English commercial scores points with humor Filed As: Budget and Tax, GeneralLaughter. We need more of it. A lot of government is a joke. So why is the pro-liberty camp so serious? This humorous low tax ad from The TaxPayers' Alliance helps set a new course. (Watch to the end and you’ll get the blog’s ... more »»
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Monday, May 21, 2007How to Save $1 BillionNC Foundation proposes "Freedom Budget" Filed As: Budget and TaxWhile it's easy to come up with a list of ways in which states can spend more and more, coming up with ideas for fiscal restraint are harder to come by. Last month, the Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation proposed its Freedom ... more »»
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Friday, May 18, 2007Illinois Covered -- RIP?Filed As: Budget and Tax, Health CareWhile the Wall Street Journal declared Gov. Blagojevich's "Illinois Covered" "universal health care" proposal dead last week as a result of the 107 - 0 resolution against a gross receipts tax, the socialized medicine set isn't giving up. According to news stories in the ... more »»
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