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By Patrick Ishmael
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Show Me Institute Policy Analyst Patrick Ishmael joins host Don Marsh of KWMU and and Jack Strauss, Director of the Simon Center for Regional Forecasting at Saint Louis University to talk about the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage.
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By David Stokes
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
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Innovation comes from the private sector. You don’t have to be a radical capitalist to agree with that simple truth. For example, a private inventor, not a government water company, devised the water meter. St. Louis residents will benefit from the proposed consulting deal with a private company to improve the city’s water division.
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By Kacie Galbraith
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
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Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher Kacie Galbraith appeared on the McGraw Show to discuss transit oriented development.
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By Rick Edlund
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Friday, March 15, 2013 |
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On March 15, Rick Edlund hosted a guest spot on KTRS. During the spot, Rick interviewed the author of the latest Show-Me Institute policy study, Andrew Biggs.
The topic of the paper was the looming financial crisis of underfunded public pensions.
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By David Stokes
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
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Shrewsbury is the latest city within Saint Louis County to consider Tax Increment Financing (known as TIFs) to subsidize a new Walmart. TIFs have been ravaging our region for twenty years, despite strong evidence they don’t help the economy.
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By David Stokes
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Friday, January 11, 2013 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program. In
this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as Stokes' role as a member of the Electoral College, how someone becomes such an elector, the actual process of voting for electors, why the Electoral College exists, and what freedom electors have to vote as the wish.
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By David Stokes
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Friday, December 21, 2012 |
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David Stokes breaks down the Tax Increment
Financing District proposal before the City of Joplin. David Stokes on KZRG (audio)
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By Rex Sinquefield
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Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
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In an hour-long interview with host McGraw Milhaven on the Big 550 KTRS, Show-Me President Rex Sinquefield spelled out the economic dangers facing Missouri. Listen as he talks about the threat of low taxes in Kansas and the need to eliminate the corporate income tax. Click here to listen.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, November 26, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss how they spent their
Thanksgiving, the current state of the proposed Richmond Heights TIF,
the effect of TIF on small businesses and communities, the current state
of the McKee/Northside TIF, the pervasive flaws in TIF proposals
generally, and whether Stokes thinks that a TIF would be justified in an
are that is actually economically depressed.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, November 05, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the proposed TIFs for Whole Foods and a new Mercedes dealership, locations where TIFs make the least sense, historic tax credits on home renovations, the Show-Me Institute's new paper on teacher salaries, how to attract more math and science teachers to public schools, Stokes' election day plans, the elimination of straight-ticket ballots in MO.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, October 29, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program. In
this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the speed
limit change on Forest Park Parkway in Saint Louis, traffic safety
policy generally, the city of Florissant getting a new WalMart despite
turning down the requested TIF, the difference between pro-market and
pro-business, and the final ballot initiative: the special school
district tax increase.
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By David Stokes
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio
program. In
this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the sudden lowering of the speed limit on Forest Park Parkway in Saint Louis,
the benefits of synchronized stoplights, the Saint Louis County sales
tax pool and why it should be kept, the issue of "local control" in the
city of Saint Louis, and the issue of ticket scalping.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, October 15, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio
program. In
this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the
proposed reduction in size for the Saint Louis Board of Alderman, the
effects of increasing proportional representation, the lower speed limit on Forest Park Parkway in Saint Louis, the proposed Central West End TIF, and David Stokes' status as a Republican elector.
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By Rex Sinquefield and Patrick Ishmael
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 |
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Kansas has slashed its tax rates, and Show-Me Institute President Rex Sinquefield thinks that means big trouble for Missouri. He talked about it with guest host Rick Edlund and policy analyst Patrick Ishmael on the Big 550 KTRS. Listen in…
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By David Stokes
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Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the recent debate on the possibility of merging Saint Louis City and County government services, the tobacco tax increase on the November ballot in Missouri, smoking bans and tobacco taxes generally, and what may become of Ballpark Village.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, September 17, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as whether the Richmond Heights TIF is gone for good, the economic impact of sports tourism to Columbia, MO, Governor Nixon's veto of the recent legislation that would have changed the way car sales are taxed, and a rundown of some of the issues on the November ballot.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, September 10, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio
program. In
this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the latest
on the Ellisville argle-bargle, the recent news relating to how car
sales are taxed in Missouri, how online sales are (or aren't) taxed in
Missouri, Kansas' competitive economic policies, and the latest Show-Me
Institute events.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, August 20, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program.
In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as Stokes' eldest son's first day of kindergarten, the latest with
Ellisville (where movement towards a recall election was responded to
with an attempt to change the city charter), the actual results of the
recent election that seemed to have been decided by one vote, and the
recent editorial proposing that the Sheriff in St. Charles be appointed
rather than elected.
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By David Stokes
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Monday, August 13, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program.
In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as Mitt
Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate, Claire McCaskill's
"Truth About Todd Akin" website, Stacey Newman's victory in the primary by just one vote, and Stokes' personal experience appealing his property tax assessment ("It was fun!").
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By David Stokes
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Monday, August 06, 2012 |
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David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven's KTRS radio program.
In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss topics such as the recent supreme court decision overturning Missouri's legislatively
imposed cap on non-economic damages in lawsuits, the cost of malpractice
insurance, the back-to-school sales tax holiday, the state's uniquely
low cigarette tax rate, and the imminent primary election.
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