It’s not as much as it seems —
Government Spending
Economy, Government Spending
How Big is the U.S. Debt?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Government Spending
Porker of the Month for Feb. 2011: Rep. Jerrold Nadler
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Government Spending, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Planning, Taxes/Taxation, University
Another Innovation: Whitewater’s ‘Innovation’ Center as an Eleven-Million Dollar Meeting Hall
by JOHN ADAMS •
The federal government gave millions in tax dollars to Whitewater, the Whitewater Community Development Authority, and UW-Whitewater for a reason. Here’s that reason: September 7-September 11, 2009 …$4,740,809 to the Whitewater Community Development Authority, the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, and the City of Whitewater, Wisconsin, to fund construction of the new Innovation Center and infrastructure…
Crime, Government Spending, Official Misconduct
Bell Officials’ E-Mails: We Act Like Pigs – CBS News
by JOHN ADAMS •
Readers may recall the story of excessive municipal compensation of officials in Bell, California, an impoverished town where officials helped themselves to huge salaries. See, Excessive Public Compensation in Bell, California (Lessons for the Rest of America) and Update: Excessive Public Compensation in Bell, California (Lessons for the Rest of America) It’s even worse than…
City, Government Spending, Politics, Taxes/Taxation
Cuts to State Shared Revenue: Whitewater’s Politics of It All (First Take)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whether Gov. Walker’s proposal to restrict public-employee collective bargaining is victorious or abandoned, cuts to state shared revenue are on the way, for Whitewater and its school district. I have supported cuts to government spending, not as a matter of budget repair, but as a long term-goal — for smaller, more limited, more responsible government.…
Government Spending, Wisconsin
The 2 Reasons Muni Investors Should Be Terrified By What’s Going On In Wisconsin – Yahoo! Finance
by JOHN ADAMS •
The unexpected, and why it might be worrisome, regardless of the politics of today’s protests (and I think parts of Wisconsin’s controversy are separate from controlling costs) — For muni investors, there are two reasons to worry. The first is that nobody had Wisconsin on its list of big states to worry about going into the new…
City, Education, Government Spending, Politics, School District
State Aid to Cites, Schools Sure to Dry Up
by JOHN ADAMS •
Walker did offer a fuller rationale for his insistence on stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights. “You’re going to see major cuts in local government,” he said of his upcoming budget, now set to be unveiled March 1. He argued that the only way he can ensure these cuts do not lead to…
Government Spending
Reason.tv: 3 Reasons the Federal Budget Won’t ‘Win the Future’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Government Spending
Four Reasons Why Big Government Is Bad Government
by JOHN ADAMS •
This Economics 101 video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explains that excessive government spending undermines prosperity by diverting resources from the productive sector of the economy. Moreover, the two main ways of financing government — taxes and borrowing — cause additional economic damage. www.freedomandprosperity.org
Government Spending
How Big Is the National Debt in Football Terms?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Government Spending, Politics
E.J. McMahon: State Bankruptcy Is a Bad Idea – WSJ.com
by JOHN ADAMS •
The biggest state budget gaps will never be closed until politicians use the tools they already have to challenge the overweening power of public employee unions. Meanwhile, Washington can help by lifting some of the burdens it imposes on the states. Converting Medicaid into a block grant, for example, would remove one big excuse governors…
Government Spending
Reason.tv presents Citizens Against Government Waste’s Porkers of the Month for January 2011
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s the text accompanying the video — After the wasteful development work on the alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter was in danger of losing funding, these three urged the Pentagon to release even more taxpayer funds for redundant technology no one wants. Congratulations Senators, you are Citizen’s Against Government Waste’s Porkers of the…