Subsidies

Corporate Welfare

Senate Bill 147 and Tax-Increment Financing Reform

On March 25, Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy David Stokes presents testimony to the Missouri Senate Ways and Means Committee regarding Senate Bill 147 and tax-increment financing reform. Click […]

Corporate Welfare

Tax-increment Financing Reform / Senate Bill 22

On March 25, Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy David Stokes presents testimony to the Missouri House Economic Development Committee on Senate Bill 22 and Tax Increment financing. Click here […]

Corporate Welfare

TIF and the Pandemic, Part 1

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported recently on the struggles of county health departments in Missouri during the Covid pandemic. We all recognize the vital services public health workers have provided […]

Corporate Welfare

Boonville TIF: A Slippery Slope

One of the first lessons I learned growing up in Boonville was to say what I mean and mean what I say. Unfortunately, the economic development consultants pushing tax-increment financing […]

Corporate Welfare

An Update on the University City Development

On Friday, March 12, David Stokes joined The McGraw Show on The Big 550 KTRS to discuss a judge ruling against Maryland Heights over a floodplain subsidy district it wanted, […]

Corporate Welfare

$40 Million Tax Giveaway in Boonville, Missouri

Developers have asked the City of Boonville for a tax-increment financing (TIF) subsidy to “help” them build a new subdivision for 400 homes in Boonville. On March 11, 2021, David […]

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