Wisconsin’s Foxconn Deal is Bad Public Policy
President Trump is heralding the news that a Taiwanese high-tech manufacturer is building a factory in Wisconsin. For him, it...
Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Amazon is amazing. Just amazing. In just 20 years as a public company, it has experienced a thousand-fold growth in...
Corporate Welfare: A Curse, Not a Cure
I could only groan when I read the headline: “Saint Louis unifies to win Amazon HQ2: A Successful Bid Would...
Bombardier’s Troubles Continue As Company Lays Off 7000
Back in November we updated readers on the case of Bombardier, a company that in 2008 sought millions in state tax...
What Kansas City Can Learn From the Royals
Everyone at the Show-Me Institute, especially those in the Kansas City office, offer our ecstatic if hoarse congratulations to the...
Finally Some Agreement: Get Corporations Off the Dole
These days it seems like our political discourse has become more polarized. However, there are some issues we all can...
New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Are you listening, Missouri lawmakers? This is the Ghost of Christmas Past....
Missouri Is One of the Top States . . . in Corporate Welfare
Typically it’s a good thing to be ranked high. That’s certainly the case for college football and the Forbes 400....
We Have A Tax Cut: Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto
It was a long road, but after a 23-8 override vote in the Missouri Senate yesterday and a 109-46 vote...
