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For years, North Dakota has had the lowest unemployment rate of any state in the nation. Nevada, by contrast, has had the highest. North Dakota has a personal income tax, while Nevada has no personal income tax. There are, of course, other states that show a different pattern. We cite this to illustrate that taxes, […]

State revenues plummet in recessions, just when states can least afford the loss.  Some proposals to address this flaw in state tax systems would change the systems’ structure — for instance, by replacing state personal income taxes with sales taxes — but wouldn’t solve the problem and would exacerbate others in state tax systems.  States […]

North Dakota’s proposed Measure 2, a major change to the state’s income tax that will appear on the November ballot, would be detrimental to the state for three principal reasons: 1. Measure 2 is risky and short-sighted. 2. Measure 2 is imbalanced and would prevent broadbased tax changes that could benefit all North Dakota families. […]

“North Dakota Legislators are proposing nearly a half billion dollars in tax cuts, reductions and exemptions this session. Some of those tax breaks may be warranted, but they should be targeted primarily to North Dakotans working to sustain or achieve a middle class life.”

“North Dakota Legislators passed nearly a half billion dollars in tax cuts, reductions and exemptions this session. Some of those tax breaks may have been warranted, but they should have been targeted primarily to North Dakotans working to sustain or achieve a middle class life. One tax cut passed by the 2011 Legislature reduced the […]