WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE STATE HOUSE THE WEEK OF FEB 8, 2021
SB 79 authorizing the moderator to verify the machine count is sidelined. SB 79 to authorize the moderator to verify the machine count will be re-referred to the Senate Election Law Committee by the full Senate on Feb 11. The excuse for retaining the bill is to await...
Democrats Vote for Workers and Taxpayers
Employment Benefit vs. Broad-Based Income Tax “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Albert Einstein Is an employee benefit like vacation time or sick leave a broad-based income tax? Of course not. What one is offered in terms of an...
It’s a Shell Game
You know that game where a guy moves around three cups and you have to guess which cup a bean is hiding under, but somehow you can never guess the right cup? That’s a lot like the way school funding works in our state: money moves around a lot but never ends up where...
Watch-Out for No-New-Tax Charlatans
The no-new-tax charlatans are just fine with passing state revenue shortfalls onto local property taxpayers to avoid creating new taxes.
