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February 2005
A Decade of Research on Sports Stadiums
“Caught Stealing: Debunking the Economic Case for D.C. Baseball” Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys October 27, 2004 Cato Institute http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=2479 This ... (read more)
“Caught Stealing: Debunking the Economic Case for D.C. Baseball” Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys October 27, 2004 Cato Institute http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=2479 This ... (read more)
Better Economy Boosts Indiana’s Revenue Projections
Budget officials for the state of Indiana are projecting revenue increases over the next two years, the result of an improving state economy. This is the ... (read more)
Budget officials for the state of Indiana are projecting revenue increases over the next two years, the result of an improving state economy. This is the ... (read more)
California Law Provides Lessons for Private Transportation
Private toll roads are in much wider use in some parts of Europe and Asia than in the United States, but private funding to help solve traffic congestion ... (read more)
Private toll roads are in much wider use in some parts of Europe and Asia than in the United States, but private funding to help solve traffic congestion ... (read more)
Chicago Stadiums Fail to Deliver Promised Benefits
Chicago has two taxpayer-subsidized sports stadiums, neither of which appears to be living up to the promises made by supporters of taxpayer funding. Renovation ... (read more)
Chicago has two taxpayer-subsidized sports stadiums, neither of which appears to be living up to the promises made by supporters of taxpayer funding. Renovation ... (read more)
Colorado Governor Wants to Loosen Tax Limits
Colorado Governor Bill Owens (R) has proposed changing his state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) to allow lawmakers to keep another $500 million of taxes ... (read more)
Colorado Governor Bill Owens (R) has proposed changing his state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) to allow lawmakers to keep another $500 million of taxes ... (read more)
Congress Bails Out Universal Service Fund--For Now
As one its last acts of 2004, the U.S. Senate on December 8 passed legislation that keeps alive a long-distance telephone fee subsidizing telecommunications ... (read more)
As one its last acts of 2004, the U.S. Senate on December 8 passed legislation that keeps alive a long-distance telephone fee subsidizing telecommunications ... (read more)
D.C. Councilwoman Stands against Taxpayer-Funded Stadium--For a While
Major League Baseball (MLB) was thrown a curveball on December 15 as District of Columbia Councilwoman Linda Cropp (D) tried to help local taxpayers by ... (read more)
Major League Baseball (MLB) was thrown a curveball on December 15 as District of Columbia Councilwoman Linda Cropp (D) tried to help local taxpayers by ... (read more)
February 2005 Budget & Tax News (PDF)
A new study assessing what states are doing right and wrong to address Medicaid finance and fraud issues tops page 1 of the February 2005 issue of Budget ... (read more)
A new study assessing what states are doing right and wrong to address Medicaid finance and fraud issues tops page 1 of the February 2005 issue of Budget ... (read more)
High Jet Fuel Tax Causes Airlines to Avoid Re-Fueling in Chicago, Los Angeles
According to sources in the airline industry, high jet fuel taxes have commercial airlines going out of their way to avoid fueling up planes in Chicago ... (read more)
According to sources in the airline industry, high jet fuel taxes have commercial airlines going out of their way to avoid fueling up planes in Chicago ... (read more)
Key Comparisons Between Pro-Medicaid and Pro-Private Pay States
"The Long-Term Care Dilemma, What States Are Doing Right and Wrong" profiles five states that could be considered "pro-Medicaid" and five that could be ... (read more)
"The Long-Term Care Dilemma, What States Are Doing Right and Wrong" profiles five states that could be considered "pro-Medicaid" and five that could be ... (read more)
Least Wanted Poster Warns Pro-Tax Republicans in Virginia
The taxpayer advocacy organization Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has begun a "Least Wanted" campaign intended to warn every Republican state legislator ... (read more)
The taxpayer advocacy organization Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has begun a "Least Wanted" campaign intended to warn every Republican state legislator ... (read more)
Lessons for Capitalists from an Unexpected Source
For Christians, the parable of talents is a clear command to develop the gifts and opportunities given to us. Yet in it also lies a perhaps-surprising implication, ... (read more)
For Christians, the parable of talents is a clear command to develop the gifts and opportunities given to us. Yet in it also lies a perhaps-surprising implication, ... (read more)
Lower Taxes, Fater Ecomomic Growth
Tax policy is not rocket science, and it's not nano-technology. It's straightforward. When you tax something, you get less of it. When you tax the creation ... (read more)
Tax policy is not rocket science, and it's not nano-technology. It's straightforward. When you tax something, you get less of it. When you tax the creation ... (read more)
Medicaid Threatens State Budgets
Medicaid spending is on pace to crowd out everything else in state budgets within a generation, according to “The Long-Term Care Dilemma, What States Are ... (read more)
Medicaid spending is on pace to crowd out everything else in state budgets within a generation, according to “The Long-Term Care Dilemma, What States Are ... (read more)
Proposed Law Would Put California's Public Pensions on Private-Sector Footing
A California assemblyman has proposed scrapping the state's public employee pension system for new employees, instead putting them under the same type of ... (read more)
A California assemblyman has proposed scrapping the state's public employee pension system for new employees, instead putting them under the same type of ... (read more)
Senator Proposes Social Security Tax Hike on Upper-Income Americans
President George W. Bush has said he opposes raising payroll taxes to reform Social Security, but he may entertain a proposal by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham ... (read more)
President George W. Bush has said he opposes raising payroll taxes to reform Social Security, but he may entertain a proposal by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham ... (read more)
Spending on Lotteries in U.S. Tops Spending on Books and Movies
The average American spent more on lottery tickets in 2002 than on reading materials or movies, according to “Lotteries and State Fiscal Policy,” a study ... (read more)
The average American spent more on lottery tickets in 2002 than on reading materials or movies, according to “Lotteries and State Fiscal Policy,” a study ... (read more)
Tax Threats Surface in California
Despite emphatic anti-tax election results in 2004, tax-hike proposals are surfacing for the 2005-06 session of the California legislature. In several ... (read more)
Despite emphatic anti-tax election results in 2004, tax-hike proposals are surfacing for the 2005-06 session of the California legislature. In several ... (read more)
Taxes Are Key to Telecom Reform
The telecom industry needs tax relief, according to participants in The Heartland Institute’s Telecom Reform Conference held December 17 and 18 in ... (read more)
The telecom industry needs tax relief, according to participants in The Heartland Institute’s Telecom Reform Conference held December 17 and 18 in ... (read more)
Ten Years of GOP Tax Policy: Good News and Bad
Managing Editor’s note: This article is excerpted with permission from a chapter in The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business ... (read more)
Managing Editor’s note: This article is excerpted with permission from a chapter in The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later: Smaller Government or Business ... (read more)