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Instead Of Tax Increases, President Biden Should Cut Spending And Use Public-Private Partnerships
Infrastructure projects that are paid for by users, not by federal taxes, can be a big boost to the economy.
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Return the Highway Trust Fund to its Original Users-Pay/Users-Benefit Principle.
Virtually all of the so-called shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund is due to Congress spending money on non-highway programs.
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Don’t Buy the Myth that the Florida Retirement System Is Fine
FRS had an unfunded liability of $36 billion as of last year.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Response Illustrates Need for Better State and Local Financial Data
If every state, major city, and county produced monthly cash reports in a standardized, machine-readable format within two weeks of month-end, federal policymakers would have a much better picture of how revenues and expenditures are evolving.
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More Census Data Shows Government Tax Revenue Hasn’t Been Negatively Impacted By COVID-19
The Census Bureau estimates 2020 aggregate state and local tax revenues of $1.62 trillion, or about 2 percent above the 2019 total of $1.59 trillion.
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How to Make the Florida Retirement System Investment Plan an Effective Retirement Plan
Florida's current defined contribution retirement option does not meet the needs of public employers and employees.
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Texas Bill Threatens Houston’s Financial Wellbeing
Legislation to grant mandatory arbitration privileges to the Houston Fire Department could have severe negative impacts on Houston's finances.
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Gov. Newsom’s Misguided Proposal for California’s Education Funding Formula
The key to promoting both flexibility and fairness is better transparency and California can do this with better data, not more bureaucracy.
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High-Speed Rail Is Unlikely to Play a Major Role In Achieving Climate Goals
Be wary of high-speed rail's potential to fight climate change or replace automobile and air travel in cost-effective ways.