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Florida Officials Propose High-Tech Driving Tax

James G. Lakely

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / November 17, 2009

Florida transportation officials, worried about the state gas tax bringing in too little revenue, have proposed a high-tech alternative: Tracking where ... (read more)

High Taxes Send Residents Fleeing

John Nothdurft

Albany Times-Union / October 01, 2009

It is really no surprise that successful businessmen like billionaire Tom Golisano decided to leave New York for tax-friendlier states like Florida this ... (read more)

Basic Facts on Redistribution and the Impact of Obama’s Policies

Scott Hodge

Fiscal Fact No. 190 / Tax Foundation / September 01, 2009

IntroductionThe debate over taxing high-income families to fund the expansion of health care coverage inAmerica has renewed the broader question of government's ... (read more)

Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data

Gerald Prante

Fiscal Facts / The Tax Foundation / July 30, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service has released new data on individual income taxes, reporting on calendar year 2007, a year in which the economy remained healthy ... (read more)

Taxes And Government Control

Ralph Damiani

Los Alamos Monitor / June 08, 2009

John Nothdurft, a legislative specialist for The Heartland Institute asked some interesting questions.What do alcohol, playing cards, soft drinks, blueberries, ... (read more)

Higher Taxes Drive Small Company out of Buffalo

Tom Precious

The Heartland Institute / May 26, 2009

Their plight also drew two very different reactions from local economic development officials. In Erie County, the Bells said, help or even encouragement ... (read more)

Citizen Rebellions Were Long in the Making

Steve Stanek

Heartland Perspective / The Heartland Institute / April 15, 2009

Angry that the federal, state, and local governments are imposing ever-higher taxes and fees on income, retail sales, tobacco, beer and wine, gasoline, ... (read more)

Oregon’s ‘GPS Tax’ Raises Privacy, Efficiency Worries

Phil Britt

InfoTech & Telecom News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2009

Oregon officials are seeking to equip all vehicles licensed in the state with global positioning systems in an effort to fill a budget gap caused by falling ... (read more)

Five Reasons Why the ‘iTunes’ Tax Is a Bad Idea

James G. Lakely

The Heartland Institute / December 28, 2008

New York: If you can make it there ... it’s going to cost you a lot more in taxes under a plan by Gov. David Paterson (D). The governor could ... (read more)

Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Visits Iowa: A True Reality Based Discussion

John R. Hendrickson

Institute Brief / Public Interest Institute at Iowa Wesleyan College / May 01, 2007

Drake Law School on February 1, 2007, hosted an important event. It was not a town hall meeting with Senator Hillary Clinton or with former Massachusetts ... (read more)