Budget and Tax
Friday, March 21, 2008Want a Tax Policy? Here's a Good OneFiled As: Budget and TaxThe Georgia Public Policy Foundation offers the following quote in its Friday Facts e-mail: "Let me be perfectly clear. I want to cut taxes. I want to cut any tax for any reason. I want to cut them as much as possible. Why? Because it reduces the ability of ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008Public Dollars, Public Meetings?Filed As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12)If your tax money is at stake, shouldn't you be able to listen in on negotiations between public managers and union representatives? That's the idea behind a proposal by Rhode Island governor Caricieri, as reported by the Ocean State Policy Research ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008JeffCo, Alabama to Make HistoryFiled As: Budget and TaxGary Palmer, president of the Alabama Policy Institute, says that Jefferson County may soon make history--but for the wrong reasons. "If Jefferson County defaults on its bond debt," he says, "it will be by far the more »»
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008Federal Debt? Don't Forget State DebtFiled As: Budget and TaxRemember Ross Perot's fulminations about the federal debt? It's easy to overlook the fact that states can have plenty of debt, too--balanced-budget requirements notwithstanding. Writing on the blog of the Pioneer Institute, Steve Poftak says ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008$161 a Day for Travel Expenses ... Working at HomeFiled As: Budget and TaxMost states give legislators a per-diem for days in which the legislature is in session--and sometimes even when the legislature isn't in session. Tennessee is one of the most generous states, giving legislators a rate of $161. Writing in the more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008The Value of Low Taxes in a High-Tax WorldFiled As: Budget and Tax, Economic principlesOn this St. Patrick's Day, consider the recent economic history of Ireland, which rejected economic nationalism, embraced trade (are you listening, Michigan?) and lower taxes. Erin Go Braugh!
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Friday, March 14, 2008Do Training Programs Pay for Themselves?Filed As: Budget and TaxDo all forms of taxpayer funding for education have a net economic benefit? Not exactly. The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs looks at the state's CareerTech ... more »»
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Thursday, March 13, 2008The Shell Game Lives OnFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareWisconsin faces a budget shortfall. So what does Gov. Jim Doyle propose doing about it? Scamming taxpayers in other states through the Medicaid program. The idea is to levy a new tax on hospital says, which qualifies the state for more matching ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Change of Leadership, but Same Old ProblemFiled As: Budget and TaxYou've probably heard that the state of New York has a governor. What the news reports may not tell you, amid tales of sex and scandal, is that the new governor will be facing a persistent problem: a state government that is out of control. E.J. McMahon of the more »»
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Friday, March 14, 2008Unionized ParenthoodFiled As: Budget and Tax, GeneralKids need parents, and children in need of foster care need a special kind of adult who can guide them, if not into adulthood, at least for a time in their oft-troubled lives. As a society, we deal with foster children through the political process, which ... has its problems. Writing for the ... more »»
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