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Biography
Thomas Savidge is the Research Manager of the Center for State Fiscal Reform at ALEC. He researches and writes on state tax and fiscal policy, applying knowledge learned in the classroom and working in the policy world.
Savidge earned his Masters in Public Policy from George Mason University in 2017 and his Bachelors in Political Science and Philosophy from SUNY New Paltz in 2015.
Prior to joining ALEC, Savidge worked with the Charles Koch Foundation, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the Empire Center for Public Policy.
Originally from New York, Savidge spends his spare time reading and studying economics.
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Authored Publications
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Balancing State & Local Power
Our Founding Fathers outlined their vision of how the government should be structured in the Federalist Papers and later enshrined it in the U.S. Constitution, hoping their design allowed each…
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Unaccountable and Unaffordable, 7th Edition
Unfunded state pension liabilities total $6.96 trillion or just under $21,000 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. As noted in this report last year, the total…
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State Bonded Obligations, 4th Edition
State governments borrow for a myriad of reasons and issue various types of bonded obligations. Today, their total bonded liabilities exceed $1.23 trillion, representing just over $3,700 per person nationally.
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Other Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities, 5th Edition
Unfunded state Other Post-Employment Benefit liabilities total $959 billion or $3,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States.
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Unaccountable and Unaffordable, 6th Edition
Unfunded state pension liabilities total $8.28 trillion or just under $25,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States.
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State Bonded Obligations, 2020
State governments borrow for a myriad of reasons and issue various types of bonded obligations. Today, their total bonded liabilities exceed $1.25 trillion, representing just over $3,800 per person nationally.