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Should Capital Gains Fund Wyoming State Government?

A blog written by Amy Edmonds and me (“Tax Revenues Suffer from Sluggish Wyoming Economy”) about the tax revenue structure of the Wyoming state government gave rise to important questions. Among them, some people have questioned why we simply cannot … Continue reading

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Wyoming Falling Behind National Economic Recovery

Recent employment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Wyoming is not out of the recession yet – far from it.  Total non-farm employment is going nowhere:  ·         In the fourth quarter of 2011 a total of 289,600 … Continue reading

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A Sober Look at the Internet Sales Tax

There has been a lot of public debate about the internet sales tax. Proponents argue that it will level the playing field between online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores; critics say the tax will increase the burden on consumers and depress … Continue reading

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The Cyprus Bank Heist – Coming to a Bank Near You

The so called Cyprus Bank Heist, where the government took as much as 40 percent of large-balance bank accounts above 100,000 euros, did not make a huge splash in American media. The reason is probably that it seemed like an … Continue reading

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Cypriot Bank Grab Opens Totalitarian Floodgates

The decision to start confiscating bank deposits in Cyprus was not something that Europe’s political leadership came up with on a whim. It’s been long in the making, part of a carefully laid-out plan. Those who believe that Cyprus was … Continue reading

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State Government Revenue Reform, Part 1

It is a well-known fact that the more tax revenues our legislators get their hands on, the more they spend. The reason is not necessarily that they want more government at any cost. Many of our elected officials are simply … Continue reading

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The Complex Nature of Welfare Reform

The more the federal deficit grows, the closer we get to an untenable situation where panic will drive policy and stabilizing, long-term solutions will fall off the political radar screen. We still have time to design a pathway out of … Continue reading

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Government and Your Life

Sometimes it is important to take a step back and review the “big picture” of big government. The battle currently unfolding in America between the statists who want more government and conservatives, libertarians and others who want less government, is … Continue reading

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Economic Benefits of Limiting Government, Part 3

The first two parts of my three-part series on the economic benefits of limiting government (part 1 here and part 2 here) analyzed the significant gains that we can harvest with only a few steps of curtailing the growth of … Continue reading

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Economic Benefits of Limiting Government, Part 2

In the first part of this three-part series on the economic benefits of limiting government I explained that:  Private sector jobs produce 2.3 to 2.6 times more economic value than state and local government jobs; Between 2007 and 2010 state … Continue reading

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