Letter to the Editor: Government Subsidy Too High for Broadband Extension
Today the Saint Louis Business Journal published a letter to the editor by John Payne and me (link added): Editor:...
All Businesses Are Equal, but Some Businesses Are More Equal Than Others
Many problems in public policy are government-created, and the best solution is not more government. Unfortunately and predictably, solutions involving...
Message to Missouri: Please Don’t Retaliate With Tax Incentives!
According to the Saint Louis Business Journal, the Illinois state government pledged a $2.3 million business investment package to help...
“Doesn’t Anybody Notice This? I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!”
According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the Missouri state government just doled out $17 million in state funds to...
St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Lead and We Shall Follow
I came across this St. Louis Business-Journal blog post from a week ago arguing that St. Louis should follow the...
Faith in the Free Market
A June 2 article in the St. Louis Business Journal discusses a plan to revitalize a former shopping mall and office space,...
SMI Articles on Property Taxes
Today, the Missouri Record carried my article on commercial property tax surcharges in Jackson County / Kansas City. Last week,...
Do Tax Credits Pay for Themselves?
Interesting article on tax credits for movie producers in the St. Louis Business Journal. It describes how tax credits for...
Two Moves Forward on Privatization and Consolidation
Larry Williams, treasurer of St. Louis city, is moving ahead with outsourcing of parking meter maintenance and collections. Thanks to...
Show-Me the Money!
This week’s edition of the St. Louis Business Journal contained an interesting, “Political Pull,” naming and discussing some of Missouri’s...
The Law of Incentives
A story in the St. Louis Business Journal (the first few paragraphs of which are available for free online) reports...
Mother Government Is Our Provider and Our Caregiver
An op-ed by Amy Blouin of the Missouri Budget Project has been making the rounds. Combest linked to it in...
Some Very Good Ideas on Assessments From Lindbergh Schools
Before I take off for the holidays, I wanted to link to this article in the Post-Dispatch about an assessment...
Taxes Go Up Incrementally; Why Shouldn’t They Go Down Incrementally?
Let me start by saying that I love the St. Louis Business-Journal and read it every week. It plays a...
Missouri … The State That Takes Your Property!
In today’s St. Louis Business Journal, an article points out that Missouri is failing in pursuing comprehensive eminent domain reform....
Coverage in the Business Journal
The latest issue of St. Louis Business Journal has an op-ed by Show-Me Institute research fellow R.W. Hafer. An excerpt:...
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