One Lone Kansas Voice Against Ethanol in Our Gasoline
Photo from the Kansas City Star. Sing along: Go ahead and hate your gasoline, Go ahead and scam a friend. Do...
Mixed Message About Tax Credits
Forbes recently published an article that praises Gov. Jay Nixon, and describes him as “cutter-in-chief”: Nixon proposed to “right-size” government...
To-may-tohs or To-mah-toes, the Government Should Leave Them Alone
A piece from the Kansas City Star this weekend highlighted current political disagreement over “Know Your Farmer,” a $65 million...
A Better Idea for the Claycomo Ford Plant
This blog has had favorable things to say about the governor’s hard choices and tough decisions when it comes to the...
Should Jackson County Amend Its Charter?
Today’s Kansas City Star has a good summary of charter amendments being proposed in Jackson County. Charter counties like Jackson —...
Lesson From the Election: Examine Claims on Both Sides of Tax Issues
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. In the recent election, a surprising number of tax issues were...
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...
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...
“Tax Seaduction”
Missouri exempts yachts from sales taxes. And, like most selective sales tax exemptions, this policy has several negative consequences. Mike...
Great Article About the Land Tax in the Kansas City Star
This weekend, KC Star columnist E. Thomas McClanahan had a terrific article about the benefits of replacing earnings taxes with...
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...
Free Market for Farmers’ Markets
There’s an interesting editorial in the Kansas City Star written by somebody who was revolted by a front page photo of...
Jackson County Follows Through With Lawsuit
I won’t add much to my TIF post from the other day, I just want to note and link to...
More About the Earnings Tax
The 1-percent earnings tax on Kansas City and St. Louis residents and workers has received a lot of press as...
Show-Me Institute in the Media, and Dr. Haslag on With McGraw Tomorrow
We have had a rather busy week or so in the media. More important than the past, though, is the...
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...
A Very Forthright Admission About Government Employees in Kansas City
When I first saw this headline about school district employees in the Kansas City Star, I thought the article would...
Happiness Is a Truck-Only Lane in Your Side-View Mirror
The Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal weighed in with its position on truck-only lanes for Missouri. Its editorial view is really that...
Parents as Teachers: A Middle-Class Entitlement
This article in the Kansas City Star celebrates the Parents as Teachers Program, and the fact that it makes no...
