Budget and Tax
Wednesday, April 23, 2008True Stimulus: Eliminate New Mexico’s Personal Income TaxBy Kurt T. WeberFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Rio Grande Foundation has proposed an economic stimulus plan for New Mexico: the elimination of that state’s personal income tax. A recent RGF report outlines a specific, four-year plan for doing so. more »»
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Saturday, April 19, 2008Arkansas Policy Foundation has a New WebsiteBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12), GeneralThe Arkansas Policy Foundation has a relatively new website with a new URL (www.arkansaspolicyfoundation.org). Its policy accomplishments page mentions an ... more »»
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Friday, April 18, 2008Does Your State Have a Transparency Database?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxDoes your state have an online database at which you can check into who's getting tax dollars? The Nevada Open Government Initiative offers a clickable map. Hover over your state and you see a web address on the screen, you can surf over to your ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008It's Tax Day. Woo. Hoo.Filed As: Budget and TaxIt's the most wonderful time of the year ... for tax collectors, that is. The Tax Foundation tells us that Tax Freedom Day won't come for another week. Meanwhile, Dave Barry offers a partial explanation for it all: "the Catfish ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008Another State Budget Goes OnlineFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Washington Policy Center reports on some good news for the cause of transparency of public spending:
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008I'm Rich; I'll Pay MoreMaryland enacts millionaire's tax Filed As: Budget and TaxMake a million and live in Maryland? Congratulations! You're now subject to the first "millionaire's tax" in the nation. The Maryland General Assembly created a tax bracket specifically for those with annual incomes of $1 million or more. One busineness owner warns that ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008A Balanced Budget ... Deep in DebtFiled As: Budget and TaxLike most states, Oklahoma's government budget must, by law or constitutional provision, be balanced each year. But that doesn't mean that it's in sound shape. Writing for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Steve Anderson says that the Sooner State has plenty of more »»
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Monday, April 7, 2008Reverse Industrial PolicyFiled As: Budget and Tax, Information TechnologyGovernment leaders are always tempted to engage in a little bit of industrial planning: Identify the next hot industry and then throw tax incentives and outright grants at it. In an odd twist, Maryland took the opposite path. No, not remaining neutral among industries, but imposing a special tax on ... more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Taxed to Die? Maybe Not in OklahomaFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs has some good news: a committee in the state House has voted to speed up the repeal of the state's death tax. The measure has a long ways to go towards passage, and ... more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Illinois Takes Another Step Towards TransparencyFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Illinois Policy Institute says that more transparency is needed, and it just might get it. more »»
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