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Accounting for What Families Pay in Taxes and What They Receive in Government Spending

Scott Hodge

Fiscal Facts 189 / Tax Foundation / September 01, 2009

At their most basic level, budget debates in Washington are about "who gets what" and "who pays for it." In other words, how do tax ... (read more)

Washington Gov. Gregoire Protects Performance Audits

Jason Mercier

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / August 01, 2009

Thanks to the veto pen of Gov. Chris Gregoire (D), Washington state’s performance audit program remains intact and adequately funded. The move gives ... (read more)

Damage Caused by Government Fiscal Expansion

Chris Edwards

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

The reason the private sector is more efficient than government is not because it doesn’t make mistakes, but because it has mechanisms to purge mistakes ... (read more)

Government Is the One Price that’s Still Rising

Steven Malanga

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / April 01, 2009

On my most recent visit to the filling station, I paid about $2 less per gallon for gasoline than I was paying last summer. My local supermarket desperately ... (read more)

Reworked Mortgages Have Huge Default Rate

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / April 01, 2009

Six months after having their mortgages reworked as part of a government effort to reduce the number of foreclosures and firm up the housing market, more ... (read more)

Supreme Court Justices Take Up Payroll Deductions for Union Politics

Michael Reitz

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / February 01, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case addressing whether the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires local governments to collect political ... (read more)

Government Unions Are Redefining People as State Workers

Scott Dilley

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2008

Politics, money, and power always make for good intrigue, and government labor unions involve all three. So notes The State of Labor 2008 report by the ... (read more)

Tax Transparency Next Focus of Open Government Reforms

John Barnes

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2008

A budget transparency movement is sweeping across the nation as government reform groups demand state and local officials make it easier for taxpayers to ... (read more)

Pittsburgh Lowballs Garbage Collection Charges for Neighbors

Eric Montarti

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2008

In the spirit of municipal cooperation and to prove the city is an efficient service provider, Pittsburgh last year began collecting residential garbage ... (read more)

Trouble in Finance Sector Is Actually a Positive Purge of Financial Sins

compiled by BTN Staff

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2008

The October 2008 issue of the IronBridge Capital Management L.P. investor newsletter gives readers an excellent primer on what has been roiling financial ... (read more)