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Treating Wall Street Like the Mafia
Chris Dodd's Agency for Financial Stability will give too much power to federal regulators
November 20, 2009Dodd’s plan for overhauling Wall Street regulations, released last week, includes a proposed new organization: the Agency for Financial Stability (AFS). This new regulator would be tasked with identifying and addressing “systemic risks posed by large, complex companies as well as products and activities that can spread risk across firms.” This represents one piece of the most extensive proposal to reform financial services regulation—topping even the ridiculousness of the Obama plan and Barney Frank plan. Which is saying a lot.
Worse Than Taxes
The real burden of government is the spending level
November 19, 2009Hidden taxes are more pernicious because they disguise what we pay for government. We blame merchants, not our legislators, for the high price of gasoline, liquor, cigarettes, and phone calls, but the money goes to the political thieves.
Bernanke's Philosopher
The Fed chairman is portrayed as a follower of John Maynard Keynes, but his real inspiration is Milton Friedman
November 17, 2009These days, the media have taken to calling him a Keynesian—a believer in fiscal stimulus and the mixed economy. “We are all Keynesians again,” the liberal Washington Monthly headlined a January 2009 feature on the Fed chief. In reality, Bernanke is following a monetarist depression-prevention model laid out by Nobel laureate and libertarian patron saint Milton Friedman.
Where's That Inflation?
The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?
November 17, 2009Inflation is not only a monetary phenomenon but also a political one. Which makes it that much more difficult to predict, much less control.
New at Reason: Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
November 17, 2009, 12:36pmArizona policymakers face a simple choice: remain lost in the fiscal forest with California or follow the lead of Louisiana, which is blazing a trail out.
Private Prisons a Smart Strategy for Arizona
Prison privatization opponents rely on myths, not facts
November 17, 2009With prison capacity needs growing and budgets shrinking, a greater reliance on private prisons is a sensible strategy for Arizona.
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- New at Reason: Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
Leonard Gilroy
November 17, 2009, 12:36pm - Cash-Strapped North Texas Cities Embrace Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
November 16, 2009, 1:45pm - Following California Down the Path to Fiscal Ruin
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2009, 5:43pm - Banner Year for State Budget Gimmicks
Leonard Gilroy
November 12, 2009, 7:51pm - NGA & NASBO: States Facing Fiscal "Lost Decade"
Leonard Gilroy
November 12, 2009, 6:23pm - Don't Believe the Hype on Federal "Insourcing"
Leonard Gilroy
November 12, 2009, 5:30pm - Milwaukee County Board Chooses Tax Hikes Over Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
November 11, 2009, 2:48pm - Anti-Privatization Pacheco Law Continues to Hamstring Massachusetts Budget
Adam Summers
October 28, 2009, 11:35pm - Time to Repeal Massachusetts' Pacheco Law
Leonard Gilroy
October 27, 2009, 12:56pm - Privatization News Roundup, Oct. 23, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
October 23, 2009, 3:16pm - Milwaukee County Board Nixes Privatization, Again
Leonard Gilroy
October 22, 2009, 7:03pm - Indianapolis Seeking Proposals for Convention Center, Sports Stadium Management
Leonard Gilroy
October 22, 2009, 3:32pm - More Georgia Officials Considering Local Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
October 21, 2009, 5:04pm - Privatization and State Laboratories of Democracy
Leonard Gilroy
October 21, 2009, 4:46pm - Budget Woes Prompt Colorado State University to Consider Partial Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
October 20, 2009, 1:47pm - GAO: Federal Fiscal Outlook "Unsustainable" in Light of Historic Debt, Entitlement Program Deficits
Leonard Gilroy
October 20, 2009, 12:51pm - State Tax Receipts Tumble
Leonard Gilroy
October 15, 2009, 3:41pm - Breaking Down State Tax Revenues
Leonard Gilroy
October 13, 2009, 4:17pm - When It Rains, It Pours--Part 2
Leonard Gilroy
October 12, 2009, 9:12pm - How Long to Solve Funding Crisis in Public Pension Systems? Try "Infinity."
Leonard Gilroy
October 12, 2009, 4:16pm - Government Streamlining, Fiscal Stewardship Prompts Upgrade of Louisiana's Credit Rating
Leonard Gilroy
October 9, 2009, 4:10pm - Cash-Strapped States Wary of Medicaid Expansion
Leonard Gilroy
October 5, 2009, 2:28pm - When it Rains, It Pours
Leonard Gilroy
October 2, 2009, 3:41pm - Michigan Lege Passes Budget, Advances PPP Concession for New Int'l Toll Bridge
Leonard Gilroy
October 1, 2009, 1:11pm - New at Reason: "Selling" State Buildings in Arizona, California
Leonard Gilroy
September 30, 2009, 6:47pm - Death Tax, ABC Stores Should Be in Virginia's Crosshairs
Leonard Gilroy
September 30, 2009, 3:16pm - Modernizing California's Tax System
Leonard Gilroy
September 30, 2009, 2:57pm - Quote of the Week
Leonard Gilroy
September 28, 2009, 2:24pm - California Unemployment Rate Rises to 12.2%; State Must Improve Business Climate to Combat Unemployment, Budget Problems
Adam Summers
September 26, 2009, 11:44pm - Second Stimulus?
Leonard Gilroy
September 25, 2009, 9:20pm - Revisiting Arizona's Asset Sale-Leasebacks
Leonard Gilroy
September 25, 2009, 6:14pm - Fiscal Reality Check Stops Louisiana Rail Boondoggle in Its Tracks
Leonard Gilroy
September 24, 2009, 4:27pm - The Olympian: WA State Pols Need to "Get Serious" About Competitive Contracting
Leonard Gilroy
September 24, 2009, 2:24pm - Milwaukee County Exec Proposes Zoo Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
September 22, 2009, 2:29pm - Reason Staff Around Town: Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government
Leonard Gilroy
September 22, 2009, 6:17am - George Will Details Problems with California's State Government
Adam Summers
September 19, 2009, 11:49pm - Time to Strengthen Washington's Troubled Competitive Contracting Law
Leonard Gilroy
September 18, 2009, 4:50pm - The Unexamined Government is Not Worth Funding
Leonard Gilroy
September 17, 2009, 5:40pm - Detroit Mayor Bing Opening the Door to Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
September 14, 2009, 8:41pm - California Agencies Hide State Audit Results from Public
Adam Summers
September 14, 2009, 7:55pm - Taxpayer Group Sues Chicago Over Parking Meter Lease That Benefits Taxpayers
Leonard Gilroy
September 11, 2009, 7:53pm - Georgia Contract Cities Update
Leonard Gilroy
September 10, 2009, 6:46pm - Atlanta Announces Contract for City Tennis Court Operations
Leonard Gilroy
September 10, 2009, 5:39pm - Retroactive Pension Benefit Increases Should Be Illegal
Adam Summers
September 9, 2009, 9:02pm - Privatization of School Support Services Continues to Expand in Michigan
Leonard Gilroy
September 9, 2009, 6:14pm - San Fran Considers Contracting Out Environmental Review of Development Projects
Leonard Gilroy
September 9, 2009, 4:01pm - Feds on a Hiring Spree, Whistling Past the Graveyard
Leonard Gilroy
September 3, 2009, 4:50pm - Obama's Underwhelming COLA Proposal
Leonard Gilroy
September 2, 2009, 10:18pm - Providence Officials Considering Asset Sale/Lease Proposals
Leonard Gilroy
September 1, 2009, 9:41pm - Fiscal Responsibility Demands Transparency in Future Government Liabilities
Leonard Gilroy
September 1, 2009, 4:05pm - Public/Private Pay & Benefits Gap Continues to Widen
Leonard Gilroy
August 31, 2009, 2:09pm - Europe's Getting Out of the National Mail Business, Why Not the U.S.?
Leonard Gilroy
August 29, 2009, 9:53pm - Colorado Committee Considering Privatization of State Workers' Compensation Insurer
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2009, 8:06pm - Yet More Nickle-n-Diming of California Taxpayers
Leonard Gilroy
August 27, 2009, 4:36pm - North Carolina Budget Committee to Explore Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 26, 2009, 9:55am - U.S. Debt to Nearly Double in 10 Years
Adam Summers
August 25, 2009, 11:11pm - Report Calls for More Privatization in Redding and Shasta County, CA
Leonard Gilroy
August 25, 2009, 1:44pm - State Budget Woes Bring Longer DMV Lines, Higher Fees
Leonard Gilroy
August 25, 2009, 12:01pm - School District Calls Out MEA on Bogus Privatization Claims
Leonard Gilroy
August 23, 2009, 10:10am - San Diego Pols Still Ignoring Voters' Managed Competition Mandate
Leonard Gilroy
August 22, 2009, 4:37pm - Leveraging Denver's Parking Meters
Leonard Gilroy
August 21, 2009, 8:57pm - Pierce County, WA Mental Health Services Privatization Moves Forward
Leonard Gilroy
August 21, 2009, 6:18pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/21/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 21, 2009, 3:53pm - Streamlining Government vs. Expanding It
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 4:47pm - Want a Real Stimulus? Privatize.
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 4:24pm - As Private Sector Bleeds Jobs, Government Gets a Pass (for now)
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 12:44pm - Legislative Audit Finds Rampant Waste, Fraud in Utah's Medicaid Program
Leonard Gilroy
August 19, 2009, 4:11pm - Taking a Fiscal Crisis Seriously: Lessons from Louisiana
Leonard Gilroy
August 19, 2009, 2:50pm - Fiscal Responsibility Paying Off in Texas, Literally
Leonard Gilroy
August 18, 2009, 6:11pm - State Fiscal Crisis in Perspective
Leonard Gilroy
August 18, 2009, 11:59am - Turns Out Taxpayers Care About Fiscal Responsibility
Leonard Gilroy
August 17, 2009, 2:34pm - Detroit Mayor Proposes Privatization of City Finance Functions
Leonard Gilroy
August 17, 2009, 1:40pm - New at Reason: The Future of Too Big to Fail and Wall Street Regulations
Anthony Randazzo
August 17, 2009, 10:20am - Privatization News Roundup, 8/14/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 14, 2009, 2:52pm - Taking on California's Mighty Public Engineers, Prison Guards Unions
Leonard Gilroy
August 13, 2009, 7:52pm - Will Arizona Be the Next State to Issue IOUs?
Leonard Gilroy
August 13, 2009, 3:15pm - Dallas to Privatize Zoo, Save Millions
Leonard Gilroy
August 12, 2009, 10:19pm - Happy Cost of Government Day!
Adrian Moore
August 12, 2009, 11:08am - New at Reason: Time to Step It Up on Privatization in Virginia
Leonard Gilroy
August 11, 2009, 2:10pm - New York Gov. Paterson Issues Order on Regulatory Reform
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2009, 5:17pm - Lawsuits Over Spending Cuts Exacerbating California's Fiscal Woes
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2009, 4:09pm - State Lottery Revenues Take a Hit; Feds Continue to Block Lottery Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2009, 2:22pm - Smart Growth Contributing to Local Fiscal Woes in California
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2009, 1:37pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/7/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2009, 2:02pm - Taxpayers to Pay More, Get Less in North Carolina
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2009, 1:23pm - The Bleeding Continues: USPS Loses $2.4 Billion Last Quarter
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2009, 7:31pm - Costa Mesa, CA Prepares to Dig Pension Hole Deeper
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2009, 2:52pm - California's Fiscal Death Spiral: Is D.C. Watching?
Leonard Gilroy
August 5, 2009, 8:41pm - Pembroke Pines, FL Privatizes Adult Day Care Services
Leonard Gilroy
August 5, 2009, 6:30pm - California Still Hiring, Despite Epic Fiscal Crunch
Leonard Gilroy
August 4, 2009, 5:35pm - Scalpel or Hatchet? OMB Orders 7% Cut to Contract Spending
Leonard Gilroy
August 4, 2009, 4:02pm - Who Will Follow California on the Path to Fiscal Ruin?
Leonard Gilroy
August 4, 2009, 3:41pm - Bye, Bye Federalism. Hello Growing Government.
Adrian Moore
August 4, 2009, 10:26am - Exposing the Weakness of the 'Blue-State' Model
Leonard Gilroy
August 3, 2009, 7:45pm - Seeking Stimulus: Lobbying Spared from State and Local Budget Cuts
Leonard Gilroy
August 3, 2009, 7:18pm - Dallas Officials Consider Privatization Proposal for Zoo, Aquarium
Leonard Gilroy
August 3, 2009, 4:27pm - Is It Finally Time for Public Pension Reform in California?
Adam Summers
July 31, 2009, 11:48pm - Parking Meter Lease Proceeds Playing Critical Role in Chicago Budgets
Leonard Gilroy
July 31, 2009, 8:26pm - OMB, Agencies Working at Cross Purposes in Federal Acquisition Reform
Leonard Gilroy
July 31, 2009, 6:14pm - Privatization News Roundup, 7/31/2009
Leonard Gilroy
July 31, 2009, 4:57pm - Florida Rejects Air Services Privatization Bid
Leonard Gilroy
July 30, 2009, 8:36pm - Pembroke Pines, FL Privatizes Building & Zoning Department
Leonard Gilroy
July 29, 2009, 10:45pm - Heads Up, States: Arizona Poised to Monetize Assets to Help Close Budget Deficit
Leonard Gilroy
July 29, 2009, 4:48pm - Report: States Face $558 Billion in Unfunded Retiree Health Care Liabilities
Leonard Gilroy
July 28, 2009, 6:03pm - What Next for State Budgets When Temporary Stimulus Funds Expire?
Leonard Gilroy
July 27, 2009, 4:59pm - Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government Begins Work Today
Leonard Gilroy
July 27, 2009, 4:28pm - Forbes: Strong Outlook for Private Prisons
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 5:38pm - Will California See an Infrastructure Rush?
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 4:03pm - Privatization, Fiscal Responsibility Keep Sandy Springs on Strong Footing, Despite Recession
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 2:47pm - Privatization News Roundup, 7/24/2009
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 1:43pm - State Budget Deficits in Perspective
Leonard Gilroy
July 23, 2009, 8:22pm - States, Meet Anna Bligh
Leonard Gilroy
July 23, 2009, 6:09pm - Why Privatizing Liquor Stores in Virginia to Fund Transportation Makes Sense
Leonard Gilroy
July 22, 2009, 2:12pm - Atlanta Should Embrace Privatization, Competition to Cure Fiscal Woes
Leonard Gilroy
July 22, 2009, 1:20pm - California Budget Deal: Cuts, Gimmicks and Can-Kicking
Leonard Gilroy
July 21, 2009, 1:35pm - New NCSL Report: States Face Deep Fiscal Problems for 4-5 Years
Leonard Gilroy
July 21, 2009, 12:24pm - Governator Orders "Garage Sale" for State Vehicles
Leonard Gilroy
July 20, 2009, 4:04pm - Redding, CA Considering New Privatization Committee
Leonard Gilroy
July 20, 2009, 1:14pm - State Garage Sale in the Works in Connecticut?
Leonard Gilroy
July 16, 2009, 5:24pm - Balance Your Own California Budget
Leonard Gilroy
July 15, 2009, 4:11pm - New at Reason: Virginia Needs a Fiscal Makeover
Leonard Gilroy
July 15, 2009, 3:59pm - Revenue Declines Add to State Budget Woes
Leonard Gilroy
July 10, 2009, 7:00pm - Stimulus in the Spotlight: "Shovel-Ready" Infrastructure, or Fiscal Crack for State Spending Addicts?
Leonard Gilroy
July 8, 2009, 2:10pm - Large Banks to Stop Accepting California IOUs
Leonard Gilroy
July 7, 2009, 12:36pm - New at Reason: (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year
Leonard Gilroy
July 6, 2009, 5:02pm - Are Government-Sponsored Job Training Programs Working?
Leonard Gilroy
July 6, 2009, 1:11pm - California Budget Follies: IOUs and 1-in-4 Debt Default Risk
Leonard Gilroy
July 3, 2009, 12:52pm - Firefighters Unions Holding Taxpayers Hostage in Nevada
Leonard Gilroy
July 3, 2009, 12:33pm - State Budget Woes Worsen
Leonard Gilroy
July 2, 2009, 11:57pm - Privatization Leader Sandy Springs, GA Continues to Innovate
Leonard Gilroy
July 2, 2009, 2:30pm - (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year: Tax Hikes, Missed Budget Deadlines, State Shutdowns and Ongoing Fiscal Woes
Leonard Gilroy
July 1, 2009, 1:31pm - San Diego Chamber of Commerce to Consider California Budget Reform Recommendations
Adam Summers
June 25, 2009, 10:56pm - Arizona Privatization/Efficiency Board Bill Passes Senate
Leonard Gilroy
June 23, 2009, 4:52pm - Solving the CA Budget: Governator Looking to Flat Tax and More Private Prisons
Anthony Randazzo
June 19, 2009, 3:06pm - Local Governments Facing Fiscal "Timebomb," So Watch Your Wallet
Leonard Gilroy
June 11, 2009, 12:18pm - Dissecting the Budget Problem in San Diego
Adrian Moore
June 10, 2009, 5:36pm - Cutting Government Workers and Raising Taxes
Adrian Moore
June 10, 2009, 11:36am - Gov. Schwarzenegger Cuts Unfilled Vendor Contracts to Cut Spending
Adrian Moore
June 9, 2009, 10:15pm - CO State Workers Paid More Than in Private Sector
Adrian Moore
June 9, 2009, 9:22pm - Obama's Plans to Expand Federal Bureaucracy Could Bring $1 Trillion Price Tag
Leonard Gilroy
May 27, 2009, 5:34pm - State Revenues, Deficits, and Bailouts in the Spotlight
Leonard Gilroy
May 26, 2009, 5:33pm - Fun Facts about the Obama Budget
Shikha Dalmia
May 25, 2009, 11:27am - Voters Are Not to Blame for California's Fiscal Mess
Adam Summers
May 22, 2009, 10:14pm - Reason Talks Privatization on CNN's Lou Dobbs
Leonard Gilroy
May 22, 2009, 9:49pm - How to Fix California
Adam Summers
May 22, 2009, 9:07pm - Golf Course Privatization Hits Prime Time
Leonard Gilroy
May 21, 2009, 1:52pm - Arizona Lawmakers Considering Major Prison Privatization Initiative in Budget Plan
Leonard Gilroy
May 20, 2009, 7:18pm - Conservatives Need to Accept Liberty Not Just in Name But Also In Attitude
Shikha Dalmia
May 20, 2009, 3:19pm - New at Reason.tv: State Spending, Budgets, and Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
May 20, 2009, 1:59pm - Maryland Emergency Workers Kill Privatization, Reform Bills
Leonard Gilroy
May 19, 2009, 7:29am - Contractors Respond to Proposed Federal De-Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2009, 9:33pm - Gov. Sanford: State-Run Golf is "Waste"
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2009, 9:05pm - More On Selling California Assets: How to Invest Sale Proceeds, and a Reality Check on Redevelopment
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2009, 5:16pm - Bad News, Good News on California Budget/Fiscal Front
Leonard Gilroy
May 14, 2009, 6:25pm - California Special Election Measures Fail to Address State's Fiscal Problems
Adam Summers
May 14, 2009, 4:34pm - Weak Budget Cut Proposal Pits President vs. Congress, Taxpayers Lose Either Way
Leonard Gilroy
May 8, 2009, 3:36pm - Tax Pandemic Spreads to 10 States, 23 More At Risk
Leonard Gilroy
May 7, 2009, 8:47am - Michigan Announces Budget Cuts, But Stimulus Delays Fiscal Reckoning
Leonard Gilroy
May 6, 2009, 8:41am - Terminator Says Your Home Will Burn if You Don't Vote for Tax Increase
Adrian Moore
May 5, 2009, 2:37pm - Federal Grants Top Taxes as State Revenue Source
Leonard Gilroy
May 5, 2009, 2:11pm - Running Up Government's Credit Card Bill
Leonard Gilroy
May 4, 2009, 4:46pm - New York's Bleak Fiscal Outlook Highlights Need to Downsize State Government
Leonard Gilroy
April 29, 2009, 3:14pm - Letting States Keep Gas Tax Money, Opt Out of the Highway Trust Fund
Robert Poole
April 29, 2009, 10:37am - Back to the Future to Cut Federal Spending
Leonard Gilroy
April 28, 2009, 6:54pm - Privatized Georgia City Dunwoody Off to a Good Fiscal Start
Leonard Gilroy
April 28, 2009, 4:49pm - State Deficits Growing, Taxes & Fees on the Rise
Leonard Gilroy
April 27, 2009, 6:05pm - Louisiana Gov. Jindal Establishes Commission on Streamlining Government
Leonard Gilroy
April 24, 2009, 5:54pm - Scottsdale, AZ Rejecting Stimulus Money
Leonard Gilroy
April 24, 2009, 3:32pm - Obama's Federal Chief Technology Officer
Steven Titch
April 20, 2009, 4:46pm - California Needs Budget Reform, Louisiana Offers a Model Agenda
Leonard Gilroy
April 20, 2009, 7:05am - NYC Tea Party Paradox
Anthony Randazzo
April 16, 2009, 5:30pm - New Congressional Pork Report Released
Leonard Gilroy
April 14, 2009, 5:27pm - Bad Times, Good Times for State & Local Budgets
Leonard Gilroy
April 14, 2009, 4:51pm - New at Reason: Illinois Government Should Shop Around
Leonard Gilroy
April 9, 2009, 6:00pm - From 2002 to 2007, State Spending Rose 50 Percent Faster Than Inflation
Adam Summers
April 9, 2009, 11:45am - Moody's: Negative Outlook for U.S. Local Governments
Leonard Gilroy
April 8, 2009, 9:41pm - California Sales Taxes Rise, Prospects for Economic Growth Fall
Adam Summers
April 1, 2009, 11:18pm - Minnesota and Wisconsin Announce Shared Services Initiatives
Leonard Gilroy
April 1, 2009, 9:16pm - California's Credit Rating Is Justifiably Poor
Adam Summers
April 1, 2009, 2:47am - State Bond Ratings and the Credit Crunch
Leonard Gilroy
March 31, 2009, 2:24pm - Budget Deficits and the Price of Arizona Government
Leonard Gilroy
March 30, 2009, 9:33pm - Geithner's Plan Creates An Unnecessarily Subsidized Market In Toxic Assets
Anthony Randazzo
March 27, 2009, 12:14pm - FedEx May Cancel Order of 15 Boeing 777Fs If Congress Passes Unions Bill
Robert Poole
March 26, 2009, 1:46am - Grab Your Wallets: Another Auto Bailout Cometh
Shikha Dalmia
March 25, 2009, 9:20pm - More Taxes Not the Answer to California's Budget Woes
Adam Summers
March 23, 2009, 8:03pm - AIG Saga: Importance of Contracts and Government Inefficiency
Anthony Randazzo
March 23, 2009, 5:47pm - New Financial Regulations Looming
Anthony Randazzo
March 23, 2009, 4:59pm - $10 Trillion and Counting
Adrian Moore
March 22, 2009, 2:18pm - Taxation by Mis-Representation
Shikha Dalmia
March 21, 2009, 5:26pm - How You Can Track the Bailout Trillions
Anthony Randazzo
March 20, 2009, 10:37am - Companies Receiving Taxpayer Bailouts Owe Back Taxes
Adrian Moore
March 19, 2009, 6:20pm - When Is a Hiring Freeze Not a Hiring Freeze?
Leonard Gilroy
March 19, 2009, 5:05pm - The Coming $1.4 Trillion Tax Increase
Anthony Randazzo
March 17, 2009, 11:26am - Bear Stearns One Year Later
Anthony Randazzo
March 16, 2009, 6:13am - The Good In AIG's Bonuses
Anthony Randazzo
March 16, 2009, 5:18am - Funny, I Didn't Know FOX was Spelled CNBC
Michael Flynn
March 16, 2009, 1:35am - What $10.8 Trillion Gets Taxpayers, A Government Spending Update
Anthony Randazzo
March 13, 2009, 7:41pm - Economists Give Failing Grade to Obama, Geithner
Samuel Staley
March 13, 2009, 6:20am - Obama As Confidence Builder In Chief
Anthony Randazzo
March 12, 2009, 11:02pm - Texas Gov. Perry to Reject Stimulus Money
Leonard Gilroy
March 12, 2009, 3:50pm - License and Registration, Hiawatha
Michael Flynn
March 11, 2009, 11:22am - Louisiana Gov. Jindal Proposes Elimination of 22 State Commissions
Leonard Gilroy
March 10, 2009, 12:00pm - Critique of Obamanomics
Anthony Randazzo
March 9, 2009, 11:04am - Problems with the Federal Budget
Anthony Randazzo
March 6, 2009, 9:52am - February Jobs Report
Michael Flynn
March 6, 2009, 5:33am - Mercatus Center Issues 50-State Freedom Index
Leonard Gilroy
March 5, 2009, 8:17pm - Cigarette Taxes Jump the Shark
Michael Flynn
March 5, 2009, 5:01pm - Merging Local Governments Usually Doesn't Make Economic Sense
Samuel Staley
March 5, 2009, 6:38am - Government Skews Market, Foreclosure Rescue Linked to Drop in Mortgage Applications
Anthony Randazzo
March 4, 2009, 2:55pm - Housing Plan and Cramdown on TALF
Michael Flynn
March 4, 2009, 10:12am - In Defense of Investors
Steven Titch
March 3, 2009, 10:35am - Would the Government Admit Failure?
Anthony Randazzo
March 2, 2009, 3:04pm - Surprise! AIG to Get Even More Taxpayer Money - $30 Billion More
Anthony Randazzo
March 2, 2009, 2:41pm - So, Can We Date Conservatives Again?
Michael Flynn
March 2, 2009, 7:06am - When Will the Recession End?
Samuel Staley
March 1, 2009, 1:37pm - Have Capital, Will Travel
Michael Flynn
February 27, 2009, 3:40pm - Gov. Jindal Offers First "No Thanks" to Stimulus Money
Leonard Gilroy
February 20, 2009, 12:51am - Congress Approves Broadband to Nowhere
Adrian Moore
February 10, 2009, 5:00pm - Treasury Secretary Geithner's New Rescue Plan
Anthony Randazzo
February 10, 2009, 12:00am - President Obama and Congress Should Clearly Define Stimulus Success
Anthony Randazzo
February 9, 2009, 2:51am - It's the Debt, Stupid!
Adrian Moore
February 8, 2009, 11:32am - Stimulus and Japan's 'Lost Decade'
Samuel Staley
February 6, 2009, 7:51am - State governments confident taxpayers will bail them out
Adrian Moore
January 12, 2009, 3:30pm - Gov. Sanford Pitching Tax & Spending Limitation in SC
Leonard Gilroy
October 14, 2008, 11:04am - World Could Teach U.S. a Lesson on Corporate Tax Rates
Leonard Gilroy
September 28, 2008, 6:04pm - Biden: Higher taxes is just plain Patriotic
Anthony Randazzo
September 17, 2008, 2:31pm - Taxmanís Remorse?
Steven Titch
August 21, 2008, 2:48pm - McCain's Freudian Slip
Shikha Dalmia
June 9, 2008, 4:17pm - Financial nonsense wins out
Adrian Moore
March 27, 2008, 12:26pm - DEA raids California tax coffers
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
December 12, 2007, 6:08pm - Oregon tax debate: beyond good and evil and TV ads
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
November 6, 2007, 11:02am - Food prices up, don't expect a tax cut
Adrian Moore
October 24, 2007, 8:07am - Smoke (another) one for the kids
Skaidra Smith-Heisters
October 11, 2007, 1:02pm - Harvesting the subsidies
Adrian Moore
September 24, 2007, 10:15am - Some States May Be Deep in SCHIP
Tyler Grimm
July 1, 2007, 12:23pm - Taxpayers Win - Big Labor's Card Check Bill Defeated
Amanda K. Hydro
June 25, 2007, 1:12pm - Hold Onto Your Wallets
Geoffrey Segal
June 20, 2007, 6:01am - One Less Tax on Telecom, At Least in Texas
Steven Titch
May 29, 2007, 2:36pm - What will they tax next?
Amanda K. Hydro
May 10, 2007, 9:42am - How Do the Feds Fund Broadband? Let Me Count The Ways
Steven Titch
April 19, 2007, 11:41am - Who pays the taxes in CA
Adrian Moore
April 4, 2007, 8:15am - The Deeper, Uglier Deal on Gov. Schwarzenegger's Budget
Adrian Moore
February 4, 2007, 5:45pm - Dynamic Scoring Anyone?
Geoffrey Segal
January 23, 2007, 1:28pm - Public pension costs crisis in CA mounts
Adrian Moore
January 1, 2007, 7:04am - California Fiscal Dreamin'
Adrian Moore
December 17, 2006, 7:16am - Donít jack up that gas tax
Ted Balaker
November 15, 2006, 6:38pm - Does anyone fight for fiscal restraint anymore?
Steven Titch
November 7, 2006, 8:57am - Notes from the California Taxpayer Trust Tour--Monday edition
Adrian Moore
October 22, 2006, 5:11pm - Retiree health care may overwhelm gov'ts
Adrian Moore
September 25, 2006, 9:06am - What Does $7 Billion Buy?
Steven Titch
July 19, 2006, 1:49pm - The Spanish-American War is Officially Over
Julie Kesselman
May 24, 2006, 11:40am - Beyond call centers
Ted Balaker
May 2, 2006, 10:06am - Stick Yahoo with a windfall profits tax?
Ted Balaker
April 24, 2006, 5:06pm - State/local gov medical benefits set to swamp
Adrian Moore
April 13, 2006, 7:19am - State Business Tax Climate Study Released
Leonard Gilroy
February 27, 2006, 8:30am - Maine TABOR Measure Set for November Ballot
Leonard Gilroy
February 22, 2006, 6:01am - Speaking of Gunpoint
Geoffrey Segal
February 15, 2006, 8:56am - States Go Tax Crazy
Leonard Gilroy
February 7, 2006, 9:09am - State of the Union -- Health Care
Shikha Dalmia
January 31, 2006, 10:39am - TABOR Introduced in South Carolina
Geoffrey Segal
January 26, 2006, 1:02pm - Bottled Water Tax Runs Dry
Geoffrey Segal
December 28, 2005, 10:01am - Message to Colorado Citizens: You Asked For It
Geoffrey Segal
November 1, 2005, 4:32am - Victory in Colorado?!
Geoffrey Segal
August 21, 2005, 6:37am - Firestorm over Colorado's TABOR
Leonard Gilroy
August 15, 2005, 6:18am - Breaching TABOR?
Geoffrey Segal
July 28, 2005, 7:10am - Another Reason to Celebrate July 4th
Geoffrey Segal
July 5, 2005, 1:57pm - Russia Abolishes Death Tax - Can We?
Geoffrey Segal
June 21, 2005, 12:41pm - The retiree health care bomb
Adrian Moore
June 13, 2005, 6:38am - Western governors punt on tax increases
Adrian Moore
April 20, 2005, 9:19pm - Until Sunday
Ted Balaker
April 14, 2005, 11:30am - Poll reveals the obvious
Ted Balaker
April 14, 2005, 11:05am - Biggest gougers
Ted Balaker
March 23, 2005, 3:15pm - Scrap that code!
Ted Balaker
March 15, 2005, 8:33am - Dual-Rate Income Tax Proposed
Leonard Gilroy
February 5, 2005, 1:22pm - If We Can Tax It, We Will
Leonard Gilroy
February 3, 2005, 8:11pm - Colorado's TABOR Turns Ten
Leonard Gilroy
February 3, 2005, 10:52am - It Was Always the Economy
Geoffrey Segal
January 31, 2005, 11:53am - Drunken sailors in Congress
Adrian Moore
November 30, 2004, 5:23am - When cities gamble, residents pay
Adrian Moore
November 21, 2004, 4:38am - Bush tax cuts: ìpretty smallî
Ted Balaker
October 11, 2004, 10:41am - Tax breaks for the rich?
Ted Balaker
October 6, 2004, 9:29am - TABOR Kicks Off in Maine
Geoffrey Segal
September 9, 2004, 6:31am - Harsh truths revealed
Adrian Moore
April 24, 2004, 12:12pm - Speaking of taxes Ö
Ted Balaker
April 14, 2004, 4:10pm - Cut spending and get re-elected
Adrian Moore
March 30, 2004, 6:50am - Let Them Vote?
Geoffrey Segal
March 3, 2004, 2:39pm - True Colors
Geoffrey Segal
March 3, 2004, 2:19pm - When is Enough, Enough?
Geoffrey Segal
February 22, 2004, 2:16pm - Taxpayers Want Caps and a Voice
Geoffrey Segal
February 15, 2004, 7:25pm - Delegates Hit Back at Business Community
Geoffrey Segal
February 14, 2004, 7:16am - Maine Republicans Offer Tax Cuts
Geoffrey Segal
February 11, 2004, 4:55pm - The Hell that is the Bush Budget
Adrian Moore
February 6, 2004, 9:01pm - Oregon Defeats Tax Increase
Geoffrey Segal
February 3, 2004, 4:50pm - Business Backs Taxes?
Geoffrey Segal
January 31, 2004, 1:45pm - The tax burden on business
Adrian Moore
January 24, 2004, 6:38am - My Tax Hike is Bigger Than Yours!
Geoffrey Segal
January 13, 2004, 3:59pm - Tax-weary Vermont ski town considers joining New Hampshire
Adrian Moore
January 9, 2004, 6:01am - Germany shows California the way
Adrian Moore
December 18, 2003, 7:28am - Gov. Richardson's Real Record on Taxes
Geoffrey Segal
December 14, 2003, 10:07am - Net Taxes Loom As Congress Fails to Act
Geoffrey Segal
December 3, 2003, 8:30pm - Three Cheers For Mexico's Tax Protests
Geoffrey Segal
December 2, 2003, 2:05pm - "FUDing" to Pass Tax Hikes
Geoffrey Segal
December 1, 2003, 8:01am - Oregon Says No to New Taxes
Geoffrey Segal
November 25, 2003, 1:52pm
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