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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 First Amendment Lesson for Cindy Hill (and her lawyer)

I was in D.C. for most of last week, where Ben Barr and I met with our friends at the Center for Competitive Politics and other experts to prepare Ben for the upcoming oral arguments in our Free Speech suit, … Continue reading

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Responding to Severance Tax Loss: No Tax Hikes, Please

Last week I explained that the U.S. Department of Interior is withholding 5.1 percent of the severance taxes that they owe Wyoming for 2013. Another two dozen states will also lose money, though with $53 million Wyoming is by far … 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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2013 General Session: Mixed Messages Abound

The 2013 General Session came to a rather abrupt close last Wednesday as the gavel fell and lawmakers cleared out their desks to head home.  While the dust settles from the 36 day sojourn by legislators in the capitol city, … 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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Economic Benefits from Limiting Government, Part 1

Last week I presented some rather serious numbers on the Wyoming economy:  We are the only state with two negative GDP-growth years during the trough of the recession (2009-2011); and We have the highest rate of government employees to private … Continue reading

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Five Ideas for a Better Wyoming Economy

Earlier this week I reported that Wyoming is experiencing major economic growth problems.  In the bad recession years 2009-11 we were the only state that saw our state GDP fall two years in a row. I also reported that our … Continue reading

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