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Raising the Minimum Wage: The Effects on Employment, Businesses, and Consumers
Despite good intentions, recent efforts at the federal, state and local levels to increase the minimum wage pose a serious…
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The World Wide Web: 25 Years Later
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web since its initial proposal by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in…
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NYC Mayor Rescinds Space-sharing Agreement for Three Charter Schools
Newly-elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that space-sharing agreements for three New York City charter…
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Pension Expert: Local Pennsylvania Downgrades Lurk
With new accounting rules looming, states and municipalities are beginning to realize that their unfunded pension liabilities are much more…
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Tennessee Considers Eliminating Hall Tax
Tennessee policymakers are considering the repeal or “localization” of the Hall Tax, a tax on investment income (interest, dividends, and…
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Attacking Consumer Choices through the Tax Code
Last week, a bill was introduced but never heard in the Washington State Senate that considered a proposal to…
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Big government does too much, badly
Around the country there have been calls to raise the minimum wage, to impose strict regulations on our businesses and…
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Want to Avoid the Employer Mandate? There’s a Rule Against That
The Obama administration has a new solution to force compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA): simply ban businesses from…
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Wireless Tax Burden Harms US Economy
Since the Federal Communications Commission approved mobile devices for public consumption in 1983, the use of wireless phones has increased…
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New Report Reveals Level of Federal Aid to the States and Importance of Fiscal Federalism
By: William Freeland, Kati Siconolfi, and Steven Johnson In the face of a stagnating economy and national debt topping…
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Pension Interview with Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Jonathan Williams, Director of ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform, was a recent guest on the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association show,…
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Reforming the Federal Corporate Tax and Individual Income Tax: A Step in the Right Direction
Earlier today U.S. Representative Dave Camp, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, released a bill designed to fundamentally…
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State of U.S. Broadband
The recent release of the 2014 Akamai study, The State of the Internet, has again brought the question…
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The EU’s Energy Conundrum
By: Riley Workman The push to control carbon emissions and increase renewable energy alternatives in the United States has sparked…
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An Examination of State Tax Instruments
All states need to collect revenue if they are to fund the necessary government services that they must provide. While…
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Pension Myths Keep Us From Making Badly Needed Reforms
As 2014 brings in new struggles for cities and states to pay for employee legacy costs while still funding the…
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Ben Wilterdink Testimony on Maryland Tax Reform
On February 18, 2014, Ben Wilterdink was asked to testify in front of the Maryland House Ways and Means committee…
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Kati Siconolfi Testimony on Maryland Tax Reform
On February 5, 2014 Kati Siconolfi was invited to testify in front of the Maryland Senate Budget and Tax Committee.
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Federalism Prohibits Preemption of States on Broadband Safeguards
By: Seth L. Cooper Federal regulation of the Internet is a bad idea. So is federal regulation of states that…
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New Hampshire Can Lead on Privacy Protection
This appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader on February 13, 2014. In the wake of the NSA…