Wisconsin’s Foxconn Deal is Bad Public Policy
President Trump is heralding the news that a Taiwanese high-tech manufacturer is building a factory in Wisconsin. For him, it...
Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Amazon is amazing. Just amazing. In just 20 years as a public company, it has experienced a thousand-fold growth in...
Corporate Welfare: A Curse, Not a Cure
I could only groan when I read the headline: “Saint Louis unifies to win Amazon HQ2: A Successful Bid Would...
Bombardier’s Troubles Continue As Company Lays Off 7000
Back in November we updated readers on the case of Bombardier, a company that in 2008 sought millions in state tax...
What Kansas City Can Learn From the Royals
Everyone at the Show-Me Institute, especially those in the Kansas City office, offer our ecstatic if hoarse congratulations to the...
Finally Some Agreement: Get Corporations Off the Dole
These days it seems like our political discourse has become more polarized. However, there are some issues we all can...
New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Are you listening, Missouri lawmakers? This is the Ghost of Christmas Past....
Missouri Is One of the Top States . . . in Corporate Welfare
Typically it’s a good thing to be ranked high. That’s certainly the case for college football and the Forbes 400....
We Have A Tax Cut: Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto
It was a long road, but after a 23-8 override vote in the Missouri Senate yesterday and a 109-46 vote...
Here We Go Again . . .
One of the biggest fights out of last year’s Missouri legislative session was about Missouri House Bill 253, which cut individual...
Significant Tax Cuts March Forward In Missouri House
Last week, I was invited to testify on Missouri House Bill 1366, a combined tax cut and tax credit reform...
Reform, Not Spending, Should Top Agenda
As first appearing in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 24, 2014: A year ago at this time, Missouri...
Having It Both Ways
In his State of the State address, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon offered profuse thanks to the General Assembly for passing...
One Last State Of The State Post-Mortem
This week, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivered his sixth “State of the State” address to the Missouri Legislature, where he...
It’s Official: Boeing To Keep 777X Construction In Washington State
The story speaks for itself. (Emphasis mine.) The 51-to-49 [%] ratification of the contract [by Washington’s machinist union] ends a...
Show-Me with McGraw Monday Mornings 550 KTRS
In the February 24, 2014, segment with McGraw Milhaven, David Stokes talks about the tax-exempt status of hospitals. David Stokes’s...
Missouri Should Say No to Boeing Subsidy
As originally appearing in The American Spectator on December 5, 2013: It makes your head spin! Two months ago, Gov....
The Sorry State Of The Professional Left In Missouri
Yesterday, the Springfield News-Leader published a supposed scoop about the Show-Me Institute and the blase art of grant applications, a story...
The Finer Details Of The Boeing Incentive Package
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Patrick Ishmael did a fine job yesterday of discussing Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s new tax giveaway...
Outrageous: After Denying You Tax Cuts, State Officials Return Monday To Give Boeing One Instead
Incredible chutzpah. Governor\e [sic] Nixon is calling the legislature into special session, beginning at 4 o-clock Monday afternoon. He wants...
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