by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
Every year, I highlight the most important ballot initiative or referendum. In 2022, Massachusetts voters tragically voted to replace the state’s flat tax with a system based on class warfare.In 2021, voters in the state of Washington...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 12, 2023 | Blogs, Education, States
Given what’s recently happened in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Indiana, Florida, Arkansas, Utah, and Iowa, I’ve been waiting with considerable anticipation for an update to the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
Late last year, I praised lawmakers in Georgia and North Carolina for being fiscally responsible. The burden of government spending in those states was constrained between 2020 and 2022, even though that was a period when handouts from Washington were...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, States
In our series on red states vs blue states, we’ve examined different economic variables. Part I: Economic growthPart II: Unemployment ratesPart III: Employment growth Today, let’s add another comparison. Here’s a map looking at 2022 income growth by...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2023 | Blogs, States, Uncategorized
Whether at the federal level, state level, or local level, my biggest problem with bureaucrats is that many of them work for agencies and departments that should not exist. My second biggest problem is that they are overpaid compared to workers in the...
