Restoring Trust in Government
Gallup released a poll last week finding that 75% of U.S. adults see widespread corruption in government. According to Gallup,...
Tax Foundation: Missouri’s Sales Taxes Still Well Above Average
Last year, I wrote in Forbes about whether Missouri is a “low tax state.” (It isn’t.) I explored how Missouri...
Gone Girl, Gone Jobs
Gone Girl brought a frenzy of excitement to the Cape Girardeau area and the state of Missouri, but was the...
Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’
As first appearing at Mises.org: Ludwig von Mises, a mentor to Friedrich Hayek and a major figure in economics in...
Show-Me Now! Time To Cut Taxes?
You paid your income taxes earlier this week, but until tax freedom day, your still working for the government. According...
The Difference Between A Low Tax And A Harmful Tax
In September, the Missouri General Assembly attempted to override Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of House Bill 253. Discussion was...
Kansas City Next Last Giveaway
This November, Jackson County voters will decide whether to impose a half-cent sales tax to support medical research. Officials predict...
Texas And Taxes: Time To Set The Record Straight
Texas Gov. Rick Perry released an ad (paid for by TexasOne, a public-private partnership aimed at economic development outreach) in...
Love Is Hate, War Is Peace, General Tax Cuts Are Corporate Welfare
It seems the St. Louis Post-Dispatch thinks business tax cuts amount to corporate welfare. That is NOT corporate welfare. Corporate...
Happy Tax Day!!!
For those of you racing to finish and mail your tax returns in today, you have my sympathies (not that...
‘O’ My . . .
It appears that Ohio officials are trying to get in on the tax-cutting act. Good for them. Seriously, Ohio is...
Memo To The Post-Dispatch: Taxes Kill Growth
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an editorial this weekend that attacked the Show-Me Institute and one of its founders, Rex Sinquefield,...
‘Saint Louis Has High Taxes!’ Say International Accountants
KPMG, one of the world’s Big Eight, Six, Five, Four accounting firms, released a study last week that ranked Saint Louis...
We Are Not The Only Ones Discussing Corporate Taxes
It seems that the Show-Me Institute is not alone in its desire to eliminate the corporate income tax. James Pethokoukis,...
Why a Whopping Increase in Missouri’s Cigarette Tax Is a Bad Idea
While growing up in the small border town of Atchison, Kan., my father, uncles, and family friends made frequent trips...
What Will The Neighbors Think?
Despite the recent adjournment of the Missouri Legislature’s special session (which cost Missouri taxpayers more than $280,000), it wasn’t a...
False Advertising? Missouri’s Corporate Income Tax Rate Is the 16th-Lowest – Not the 5th-Lowest
There’s a factual error in the advertisement for Missouri that I highlighted recently. The ad says “5th lowest corporate income tax rate,”...
Striking Correlations Between Income Taxes and Congressional Reapportionment
Only seven states levy absolutely no income tax. According to the U.S. Census data released today, only eight states will...
Letting the Federal Bush Tax Cuts Expire May Have Negative Revenue Consequences in Missouri
When I was driving into work yesterday, I heard a story on NPR reporting that the decision of whether to...
State Film Tax Credit Program Reading List
In Mound City Money, David Nicklaus highlights a recent study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that demonstrates...
