Select Media Mentions
Governing: Is Earmarking the Best Way to Fund Projects?
September 30, 2013
(Original Post) It’s not black and white, but understanding the pros and cons increases your chances of coming to the right answer for a particular project. BY: KATHERINE BARRETT & RICHARD GREENE | OCTOBER 2013 There are many issues in government management where things aren’t black and white, where gray is the color of the […]
The Atlantic: We Could Fix America’s Highways If Every Driver Kicked In an Extra $4.66 Per Month
September 26, 2013
(Original Post) ERIC JAFFESEP 25, 2013 Don’t let the instinctive uproar over high gas costs fool you: Americans should be paying more to drive. But “more” is a vague and relative word. Exactly how much more would it take to cover the costs of road maintenance and construction in the United States? The Institute on […]
PR Newswire: Congress, Not Fuel-Efficient Cars, to Blame for Transportation Funding Shortfall
September 24, 2013
(Original Post) Sept. 24, 2013, 8:15 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — New ITEP Report Shows Obsolete Gas Tax Has Cost $215 Billion, Undermined Infrastructure and Added to Deficit On October 1, the federal gas tax will mark exactly twenty years stuck at the rate of 18.4 cents per gallon. Against […]
The Fiscal Times: You Won’t Believe Which State Taxes Its Poor the Most
September 24, 2013
(Original Post) BETH BRAVERMAN The Fiscal Times September 23, 2013 Washington State may have one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the country, but its poorest citizens pay more than residents of any other state. The poorest 20 percent of Washington residents pay 16.9 percent of their income in taxes, while the top 1 […]
Washington Post: The state that taxes the poor the most is… a blue one
September 23, 2013
(Original Post) By Niraj Chokshi, Published: September 21 at 10:00 am The state that easily handed President Obama a victory last November while passing voter-approved referendums legalizing same-sex marriage and marijuana consumption also happens to have the nation’s highest tax burden on the poor. Poor families in Washington state pay 16.9 percent of their total […]
Media Matters: Conservative Media’s Misplaced Hysteria Over Immigrants And Welfare
September 23, 2013
(Original Post) Blog ››› September 18, 2013 6:04 PM EDT ››› SOLANGE UWIMANA Right-wing media have seized on a report noting that American children in Los Angeles County with undocumented parents are receiving millions in benefits to revive the spurious smear that undocumented immigrants come to this country only to receive welfare. However, these outlets […]
The Shorthorn: I want to disrupt what you think
September 18, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:45 am | Updated: 1:50 am, Wed Sep 18, 2013. Lindsey Juarez The Shorthorn staff teenage boy rode his bicycle to the DMV 16 years ago to get what many teenage boys dream of having: a driver’s license. The boy with jet black hair and olive eyes stood […]
News & Observer: America’s growing income divide
September 16, 2013
By Ned Barnett The downtown lot where Raleigh’s Occupy movement once camped is now empty. The fast-food workers who picketted over being paid the meager minimum wage of $7.25 an hour have gone back to making burgers and fries. The Moral Monday protesters have vanished from outside the state Legislative Building, their weekly gatherings […]
Twin Cities Daily Planet: New reports underscore growing wage and income disparities
September 11, 2013
(Original Post) By Jeff Van Wychen, Minnesota 2020 September 09, 2013 Two recent reports—the first from the Minnesota Budget Project and the second from Growth & Justice—underscore different aspects of the same distressing economic trend: lower- and middle-income households’ deteriorating earning and purchasing power. “In the Shadow of the Great Recession: The State of Working […]
Columbia Journalism Review: Invasion of the Job Snatcher
September 9, 2013
(Original Post) As the Missouri media takes up arms against Rick Perry, some facts and context get lost in the fray By Deron Lee FAIRWAY, KS — Texas and Missouri no longer square off as Big 12 opponents, but governors Rick Perry and Jay Nixon—with some help from Missouri’s media—have ignited a new interstate rivalry. […]
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Op-Ed: What FedEx Can Teach Us About Tax Reform
September 9, 2013
What FedEx Can Teach Us About Tax Reform September 8, 2013 Original Post by Matt Gardner, Executive Director, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Democratic Senator Max Baucus and Republican Congressman Dave Camp, the chairmen of the tax committees in the Senate and House of Representatives, are visiting FedEx headquarters in Memphis this week to […]
Card Hub: Should Uncle Sam Take a Toke to Fill His Coffers?
August 28, 2013
(Original Post) by John Kiernan on August 27, 2013 When in doubt, look to the founding fathers. That’s what we do in this country, isn’t it? We reference the Constitution in order to rationalize legal disputes, questions of fundamental rights, the role of the military, etc. We hold our leaders up to the standards […]
The Joplin Globe: Sloppy attempt would lead Missourians into dark hole
August 26, 2013
(Original Post) August 26, 2013 By Elliott Denniston Special to The Globe WEBB CITY, Mo. — Republican legislators and a handful of self-interested groups are campaigning to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of House Bill 253, a slipshod attempt to revise our income tax code. The bill drastically shifts the burden from high earners to […]
Huron County View: Immigration reform would boost revenue by $35 million
August 23, 2013
(Original Post) WASHINGTON — A new analysis estimates that unauthorized immigrants pay Michigan $126 million in state, local taxes. The study also estimates that Michigan would gain $35 million in increased revenue should undocumented immigrants in the U.S. be allowed to work legally. The analysis, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, assumes a […]
Fox & Hounds: Immigration Reformers Must Tell a Better Story
August 21, 2013
(Original Post) By Joe Rodota CEO and founder of Forward Observer, a research and strategy firm Monday, August 19th, 2013 In a recent column, Washington Post Wonkblog writers Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas ask: “Why hasn’t this been immigration August?” Five years ago, they write, individual members of Congress were “engulfed by tea-partiers” protesting […]
US News & World Report: Immigration Reform Could Boost U.S. Economy
August 21, 2013
(Original Post) Study shows immigration bill would create 14,000 jobs in each congressional district By LAUREN FOX August 20, 2013 Opponents to immigration reform have called the Senate’s bipartisan and comprehensive immigration reform bill a “job killer,” but a new report by the conservative-leaning American Action Network, is evidence that the bill might just be […]
The Washington Times: Uneven results with changes to gas tax in Md., Va.
August 21, 2013
An 18-cent disparity in the cost of a gallon of gas between Maryland and Virginia appears to support predictions of radical price changes after lawmakers in both states took widely different approaches to raising transportation funding through gas taxes this year.
Southtown Star: What’s at stake for Illinois in immigration reform?
August 21, 2013
For instance, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated that the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in June would reduce the federal budget deficit by roughly $1 trillion over 20 years and would boost the U.S. economy as a whole without negatively affecting U.S. workers in the long run.
The Daily Camera: What’s at stake for Colorado in immigration reform?
August 21, 2013
As Congress takes a summer respite to figure out how to move immigration reform forward in the House, mounting evidence shows that reform would be a plus to the national economy. For instance, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated that the immigration reform bill which passed the Senate in June (S. 744) would reduce the federal deficit by roughly $1 trillion over 20 years and would boost the U.S. economy as a whole without negatively affecting U.S. workers in the long run. In addition, an April report from the conservative American Action Forum, authored by a former director of…
Portsmouth Daily Time: To the Ohio House of Representatives, Tax Reform Study Committee
August 21, 2013
A study by the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress found in the 1970s that state taxes were one of the least driving factors in business location decisions, in part because state taxes could be written off on Federal taxes. Quality of life factors were seen as far more important. The Tax Foundation, set up in the 1930s to combat rising taxes under the New Deal, estimated in a 2006 study of businesses in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific that taxes accounted for 7 to 13 percent of business cost in manufacturing, and just 3 to 7 percent in…
Yakima Herald Republic: Advocates press economic argument for immigration reform
August 16, 2013
Echoing a host of recent reports, a coalition of grower and labor interests presented a new study Tuesday that concludes comprehensive immigration reform would create jobs and pump billions of dollars into the state and national economies.
Think Progress: GOP Governor Inadvertently Makes Case For Immigration Reform: We ‘Need To Reach Out To People Who Live In The Shadows’
August 16, 2013
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Thursday made a strong case for creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants -- without even knowing that's what he was doing.
The Patriot-News: Green energy’s unintended consequences: As I See It
August 16, 2013
The green energy movement -- the effort to switch from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, but also biofuels such as ethanol-is driven by good intentions ... mostly. But it is also riddled with unintended, even ridiculous, consequences that often outweigh the good the movement hopes to achieve.
CT News Junkie: The Important Message of the Sales-Tax Holiday
August 16, 2013
It's that time of year again, folks. Not only are my kids gearing up for a much-needed return to school, but sales tax holidays are sprouting up like weeds across the land of the free.
Associated Press: Liu Calls for Legalized Pot in NYC
August 14, 2013
New York City Comptroller John Liu is proposing a historic overhaul of the city's marijuana laws, believing that legalizing medical marijuana and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational use would pump more than $400 million into the city's coffers.
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