Great Article About the Harms of Occupational Licensing in The Economist
My buddy Mike M. forwarded me this terrific article in The Economist about occupational licensing in the United States. As...
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Externalities of Private School Competition
I am writing this post from India, where I have been vacationing the past few weeks. One of the most...
$218,398 … Or More!
On Sunday, Jessica Bock of the Post-Dispatch reported that the superintendent of the Ferguson-Florissant school district was awarded health insurance...
Tax Credits Are an Undesirable Strategy for Missouri
There was some classic rent-seeking behavior in the editorial section of the Post-Dispatch yesterday: An architect touts historic preservation tax...
Ethics Reform and Constitutional Principles
One of the hot topics in Missouri policy debate over the past several days has been Senate Bill 844, the...
“Should Five Per Cent Appear Too Small, Be Thankful I Don’t Take It All”
Last week, I wrote about how Missouri residents enjoy relatively low taxes on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and gasoline. Friday, on Prime...
New Results on the Earnings Tax – For a Different Question
In a recent Kansas City Star commentary, Saint Louis University economics professors Lisa Gladson and Jack Strauss criticized my Show-Me...
Political Party Symbols and Voter Cues
Prime Buzz over at the KC Star has a story from the AP about a proposal to eliminate the party...
The Earnings Tax Is Still Bad, for All the Reasons We’ve Already Said
The Kansas City Star‘s website has a piece today by two Saint Louis University professors arguing against the repeal of...
“Rightsizing” Kansas City School District Potentially the Right Move
A map of the schools and their proposed status, according to the plan released by the Kansas City School District. Click...
East Side Stripper Full Employment Act Advances
I’m quite a bit late on this one, but a couple of weeks ago, the Missouri Senate overwhelmingly approved a...
The Will of the People, Revisited
Today, I’m going to Jefferson City to testify on bills related to the initiative and referendum powers that the Missouri...
Missouri State Agencies Fact-Check Themselves
My recent post about how government agencies in Missouri spent $2,047,457.28 on Credit Card Fees and $17,940.49 on Late Payment Penalty...
How to Build a More Effective Parents as Teachers Program
I’ve criticized the Parents as Teachers program for, among other things, giving services to kids who don’t need help and...
Jackson Co. Hopes to KO TIF in KCMO
All right, so the title of this post is a bit misleading — I just wanted to get as many...
A Land Tax Is Preferable to the Earnings Tax
Thomas McClanahan of the Kansas City Star explains in an editorial that Kansas City would benefit if it repealed the...
This Is Spending On Rail That I Can Support
The Kansas City Star is reporting on the opening of a new sidetrack along Missouri’s Amtrak route connecting St. Louis...
Tax Foundation Report on Nonpayers
MO Rage completely misunderstands this Tax Foundation report (link via Kansas City Prime Buzz). The report notes the rising percentage...
Move Over, State Invertebrate …
Here comes the state dog! Show-Me Progress and Kansas City Prime Buzz note the filing of a bill to honor...
Jailhouse Barack
According to an article over at the Springfield News-Leader, the Missouri prison population has inexplicably reached an all-time high. On...
