Budget and Tax
Sunday, July 6, 2008Just Who's in Charge Here?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, GeneralOn this Independence Day weekend, we ought to consider the value of "consent of the governed." The Allegheny Institute says that some public officials in one western Pennsylvania county aren't taking too highly to that idea. "We are taught in this country that government exists ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008Cameras at the Traffic LightBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, GeneralRed-light cameras: Public safety or sneaky tax increase? The Buckeye Institute addresses the question in its Buckeye Voices podcast.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008We're Number One!By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Evergreen Freedom Foundation notes that the state of Washington, which has already had the highest gas tax in the nation, has increased the gap between it and the second most heavily-taxed state.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008Crisis and Opportunity in IllinoisBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxIllinois state government has a problem: Its out-go is exceeding its in-come. Gov. Blagojevich has proposed some cuts, but the Illinois Policy Institute has called his proposal political theater. It offers some ideas of its own, including one that could slice more »»
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Thursday, June 26, 2008Go Ahead, Make My Day. Retire.Threatened mass retirement offers opportunity for reform By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, TransportationA number of employees in the Pittsburgh area transit system are threatening to retire early. The Allegheny Institute says "go ahead, make my day." In a policy brief (PDF), ... more »»
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Thursday, June 26, 2008There's No Excuse for a Non-Transparent GovernmentBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxDemanding that a government put its spending online for the world to see is reasonable when you're talking about the federal government or state governments, all of which have the money and manpower to do the task. But what if you're the president of a small village with a population of 453? ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008The Time Bomb of Public PensionsThe moral hazard to your prosperity By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxHow'd you like to determine your own salary and benefits? Welcome to the world of the public employee. The Nevada Policy Research Institute says that in Nevada during the last decade, roughly half of the legislators have also been state employees or married to ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008Obesity in Kentucky ... GovernmentBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxJim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions says that obesity is getting a lot of attention in Kentucky. One form of obesity that should get more attention, he says, is growth in government employment. Back in 1982, the governor called for an executive branch workforce to never ... more »»
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008Keeping Local Government in CheckFiled As: Budget and TaxIn the world of politics and policy, the federal government gets most of the attention. States are a distant second. The North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation points out that there's plenty of reasons to be concerned about local government, including more »»
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Monday, July 7, 2008How to Conceal Public SpendingBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxHow many ways can state governments conceal the amount of money they're actually spending? The Nevada Policy Research Institute spent some time trying to review Nevada's spending habits, and came up with at least three patterns of behavior that make it hard for citizens to understand just how much ... more »»
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