Left Behind
A recent Wall Street Journal article notes the increasing push from state governments to eliminate or reduce personal income taxes. This...
Still At The Starting Gate . . .
Missouri is not alone in wanting to give its economy a boost in 2012. But what is the best way...
A Race to the Bottom
The Kansas City area made big news, but not in a good way. According to the latest data, the Kansas...
The Missouri Cigarette Tax: A Partial Solution to Kansas’ Economic Woes
I grew up in the border town of Atchison, Kansas, and vividly recall the perpetual eastbound traffic across the Amelia...
Some Facts About Tax Credit Programs in Other States
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Legislature is attempting to create tax credits that could be awarded up...
A Bidding War Where Everyone Loses
The Kansas City Star reports today that AMC Entertainment is leaving Missouri for the state of Kansas, in part due...
‘Aerotropolis’ Bill: A Giant Step Backwards in Public Policy
For many years, I have worked to promote free-market solutions to a broad range of public policy issues in the...
Excellent Op-Ed About Corporate Welfare in the Kansas City Business Journal
Friday’s Kansas City Business Journal had a terrific piece about the problems with corporate welfare and economic development in Missouri,...
Missouri House Passed Resolution Encouraging Koster to Join Lawsuit
Yesterday, with a vote of 115-46, the Missouri House passed a resolution encouraging Missouri to join the multistate lawsuit in...
Strip Club Patrons Vote With Their Feet
According to a recent article in the Kansas City Star, strip clubs in Missouri have fewer customers and fewer revenues...
Kansas City Zoo Tax for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too
Last week, the Kansas City Star ran a story about a recent debate among local politicians in the Kansas portion...
Growth by State
Many variables affect a state’s economic growth, including public policy, natural resources, geographic location, business centers, etc. The large number of contributing...
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...
“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...
Missouri: Land of Relatively Low Taxes on Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cigarettes, & Gasoline!
I used the Show-Me Institute’s newest web tool, IDEAS: Interactive Database for Economic Analysis and Synthesis, to compare the tax...
Check Out the Show-Me Institute’s Newest Web Tool in Action!
In an article published today at Kansas Liberty, Holly Smith used Show-Me Institute’s newest web tool, IDEAS: Interactive Database for...
Missouri’s Tax Freedom Day Falls on April 4
Today, the Tax Foundation released its annual Tax Freedom Day Special Report. According to the foundation’s calculations, Missouri’s “Tax Freedom...
Fiscal Responsibility?
Using the Show-Me Institute’s “Show-Me: The Spending” online tool, I discovered some curious trends in the Missouri state budget. One...
Voting With Your Feet Grocery Cart
Fox4KC recently aired a story about how the governor’s proposal to increase the state sales tax rate will raise the...
Tort Reform 2: Reform Schoolin’
Today’s Kansas City Star has an excellent article about the debate over whether tort reform should be part of the...
