Nevada: Taxing It Backward
Remember the movie Pay It Forward in which random acts of kindness are not paid back but instead are bestowed upon someone Else? Here in Nevada, we’re gearing up to shoot the sequel. It’s called...
View ArticleObama v. Palin on Experience: The Proof is in the Pudding
“(Sarah Palin) brought down Alaska’s governor, attorney general, and state Republican chairman. She killed the ‘bridge to nowhere.’ She used increased tax revenues from high oil prices to give Alaskans...
View ArticleNevada’s New Transparency Website
I am pleased to point my readers to a new website by the Nevada Policy Research Institute. The site – www.TransparentNevada.com – will bring much needed oversight and transparency to our state and...
View ArticleVDH: Wall Street 101
Victor Davis Hanson is always worth the read. Today’s column is on the basic lessons we can learn from the financial mess. An excerpt: The new national gospel became charge now/pay later and...
View ArticleNevada Ranked Third in School Construction Costs per Student
Patrick Gibbons of the Nevada Policy Research Institute has an excellent education blog post up. It addresses the disproportionately high cost of new school construction in Nevada compared to other...
View ArticleThe Lesson of the Wise Widow
Like many Americans last week, I tuned in for the 30-minute Barack-o-mercial. In between the anecdotal close-ups of struggling American families – a widow working two jobs and raising two kids; a...
View ArticleObama’s General Vicinity Declared a Federal Emergency Area
Read it for yourself. Sum up: This is a blank check from Bush for the inauguration. ... Continue reading
View ArticleMillion, Billion, Gazillion: whatEVER
. Nevada’s most incorrigible tax hater, Chuck Muth, penned a pretty good one today. Read it for yourself, but here’s a sum-up with a little E!! on the side: The Silver State’s usual tax-and-spend...
View Article50 Ways to Weave Disaster
Stephen Spruiell & Kevin Williamson @ NRO list and detail the 50 most outrageous items in the stimulus package. This is the best, most comprehensive sum-up I’ve seen. Read it and weep call your...
View ArticleWhat A Difference 100 Days Makes
If you can stomach it, Americans for Tax Reform has a recap of all the major fiscal and tax-related events since Inauguration Day. Title: Obama’s First 100 Days: Higher Spending. More Debt. New...
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