Articles By Author John Nothdurft
Articles by John Nothdurft
03/01/2010 12:00 AM
Anti-smoking advocates want a $1 per pack hike in Illinois' cigarette tax on top of the 62 cents per pack federal excise tax increase that took effect just ...(read more)
02/25/2010 12:00 AM
The proposal by Gov. Rendell to broaden the state's sales tax would make things worse, not better, for the state's economy and budget. There may be an economically ...(read more)
02/19/2010 12:00 AM
In January, President Barack Obama introduced his bank tax proposal as a way "to recover every single dime the American people are owed" for the ...(read more)
02/16/2010 12:00 AM
Since the 1990s, the building of new sports stadiums has increasingly relied on taxpayer funds, with subsidies growing from just a few million dollars in ...(read more)
02/12/2010 12:00 AM
The fact New Jersey’s legislature is talking about extending the "temporary" income tax hike on high-income earners is not surprising considering ...(read more)
02/11/2010 12:00 AM
On February 8, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a study by a research team from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...(read more)
02/09/2010 12:00 AM
Some in the legislature want to eliminate the supermajority requirement so they can raise taxes on everything from soda to cigarettes (Bellevue Reporter ...(read more)
02/08/2010 12:00 AM
A cigarette tax increase is not a reliable way of raising revenue, and the brunt of the burden will fall disproportionately on lower-income individuals ...(read more)
02/01/2010 12:00 AM
Federal and state universal access and service funds (UASFs) have become an ineffective and outdated use of taxpayer money. These funds, first established ...(read more)
01/15/2010 12:00 AM
Junk food tax, fast-food tax, fat tax, soda tax, candy tax-by any name, the only thing these taxes succeed in making slimmer is your pocketbook.That's something ...(read more)
01/13/2010 12:00 AM
Indiana should be wary of plans before the legislature that would protect a few large alcohol wholesalers from free-market competition, as this proposal ...(read more)
01/13/2010 12:00 AM
The proposal to tax and then subsequently ban plastic bags in Florida grocery stores is yet another unnecessary interference into the private choices ...(read more)
01/13/2010 12:00 AM
NOAs President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.” Property rights are at the heart ...(read more)
01/10/2010 12:00 AM
Brett Favre is playing well, the Vikings won the NFC North, and life is pretty good for football fans in Minnesota. So naturally, the lobbying to build ...(read more)
01/07/2010 12:00 AM
Gov. Mark Parkinson's recommendation to use a cigarette tax increase to help cover Kansas's $300 million budget deficit should be worrisome not only to ...(read more)
01/05/2010 12:00 AM
Tobacco tax hikes like the one being discussed in Utah should be recognized for what they are: unstable and regressive tax increases targeting a minority ...(read more)
12/08/2009 12:00 AM
As Florida policymakers take up the SunRail passenger rail proposal, the performance of existing passenger rail systems across the country should be part ...(read more)
11/20/2009 12:00 AM
With nearly every state and locality dealing with some degree of budget strain, it is becoming increasingly commonplace for legislators to raid dedicated ...(read more)
11/18/2009 12:00 AM
Gov. Bill Ritter wants to transfer $132 million in taxpayer money into the government’s coffers by increasing taxes on soda, candy and Internet purchases.Those ...(read more)
11/09/2009 12:00 AM
What the U.S. economy needs more than another pork-filled stimulus plan or massive new spending proposal is a cut in the corporate tax rate.The United States ...(read more)
11/02/2009 12:00 AM
Illinois' alcohol tax increases, which the legislature pushed through to fund a $31 billion capital works plan, are beginning to have their troubling consequences. ...(read more)
10/24/2009 12:00 AM
After being rebuked by the public and the Legislature, Gov. Paterson is resurrecting his sugary drink "sin" tax proposal on the heels of Obama's ...(read more)
10/13/2009 12:00 AM
I guess Gov. David Paterson woke up on the fiscally responsible side of the bed this month (“Paterson orders state agencies to cut spending by 11 ...(read more)
10/08/2009 12:00 AM
Earlier this year, the Illinois State Dental Society was proposing a 5 percent soda tax to pay for dental programs for poor people in the state. Now the ...(read more)
10/02/2009 12:00 AM
Opposing detrimental tax policies should not be a partisan issue (Sept. 16, "Tax increases could be issue in governor's race"). Luckily, there ...(read more)
