Taxation

With the 21st Century Transportation Committee recommending a Vehicle Miles Tax (VMT) as one possible way to increase transportation funding, we decided to try and test the ... Keep Reading

If there is one thing that the rash of tax problems of two very smart men should tell us, is that the tax code is obviously too complex and is in drastic need of reform.If these ... Keep Reading

The State Board of Elections has produced a new video encouraging tax filers to earmark $3 of their taxes to the taxpayer financed judicial campaign fund.So they are spending your ... Keep Reading

A new study out from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock claims local governments use law enforcement to raise revenue during economic hard times.  Researchers used traffic ... Keep Reading

If you believe that, I have a bridge I want to sell you. Don't take my word for it, here are the words of state Senator Tony Rand the Majority Leader of the NC ... Keep Reading

If you're in California, there's a lot of money riding on this particular name change. Democrats in the California State Legislature have been stymied in their efforts to ... Keep Reading

The N&O today had this short article informing readers that the state's gas tax will remain at the maximum 29.9 cents per gallon for the first six months of 2009. Fair ... Keep Reading

In gearing up for the upcoming budget fight on how to close our state's potential $2 billion shortfall, the left has begun talking up tax increases as the only way to solve ... Keep Reading

With lottery sales slumping, officials are looking at new ways to boost sales... And what can do that, you ask?More advertising -- this time, in Spanish.But it looks like they may ... Keep Reading

I'm getting pretty annoyed at the mainstream media continuing to frame the capping of the gas tax as a "cost" to the state.The latest, is this AP article entitled, ... Keep Reading