State Budget
It’s Reparations Season Again, Again
There is, as they say, a lot here – including many points that illustrate serious problems with the overall idea of reparations. First, speaking as a businessman, it is unclear how many firms would actually be impacted by the bill. Roughly 99.9% of…
Taxpayer Dollars Should Not Fund Political Campaigns
Taxpayer dollars should be used for legitimate public responsibilities, such as maintaining roads,…
Spending Watch: Newsom’s Final Budget Defers the…
The Risks of Future Budget Deficits Are Worse Than They Appear Newsom claims that this new spending…
Broken Promises: The California High-Speed Rail Might…
Newsom denied that the cost — once a paltry, in comparison, $33 billion — had soared to $231…
Newsom’s May budget portends future crises for local…
Gov. Jerry Brown’s last budget spent $140.4 billion in the general fund for fiscal year 2018-19.…
Spending Watch: Despite the Rhetoric, Newsom’s Revised Budget Confirms That California’s Budget Troubles Are Just Getting Started
With the release of the May Revise, budget negotiations between the Governor, Assembly, and Senate will now kick into high gear. Tax revenues for the current fiscal year are better than expected. Still, fiscal discipline is required, and when it…
Kansas Is Relearning a Hard Lesson About Spending
Kansas does not have a revenue problem. It has a spending discipline problem, and the state has…
Subsidies Cost Kansans Even When Revenues Rise
Why the Chiefs deal hurts people today and tomorrow In a previous post, I explained why the…
Kansas’s Revenue Mirage and the Case for a Responsible…
The Kansas State government may be collecting more money than expected, but that should make…
Idaho’s Costly Burden from the Border
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recently released data showing that outlays for emergency…
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