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Vallejo Con Dios: Why Public Sector Unionism Is a Bad Deal for Taxpayers and Representative Governme

Rates of unionization in the United States today are at historic lows and are unlikely to rebound. However, there is one sector in which organized labor is growing in strength: government. This...
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2008, Cato Policy Analysis No. 624

Revenue poured into state governments as the U.S. economy expanded between 2003 and 2007, prompting the nation's governors to expand state budgets and offer the occasional tax cut. But now that...
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Federal Aid to the States: Historical Cause of Government Growth and Bureaucracy, Cato Policy An

Executive Summary In recent years, members of Congress have inserted thousands of pork-barrel spending projects into bills to reward interests in their home states. But such parochial pork ...
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2006, Cato Policy Analysis No. 581

Executive Summary This report presents the findings of the Cato Institute's eighth biennial fiscal policy report card on the nation's governors. The report card's grading is based on 23 objec...
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Dispelling the Myths: The Truth about TABOR and Referendum C, Cato Briefing Paper No. 95

Executive Summary During the late 1990s, Colorado
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Saving Money and Improving Education: How School Choice Can Help States Reduce Education Costs,

Executive Summary Historically, elementary and secondary education has been the largest item in state budgets. During the past three decades, state spending on public education has grown bo...
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2004 Cato Policy Analysis No. 537

Executive Summary As states continue to claw their way out of the worst state budget hole in years, this report presents the findings of the Cato Institute's seventh biennial fiscal policy report ...
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Budget Reforms to Solve New York City's High-Tax Crisis Cato Policy Analysis No. 522

Executive Summary New York City has careened from budget crisis to budget crisis for decades. Each crisis has led to a ratcheting up of taxes and reduced economic freedom for New Yorkers. As an ...
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Cleaning Up New York State's Budget Mess, Cato Policy Analysis No. 506

Executive Summary In recent years New York has faced large budget gaps as the state government has increased spending and the state economy has stagnated. The economic slowdown has crea...
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The Internet Tax Solution: Tax Competition, Not Tax Collusion, Cato Policy Analy

Executive Summary A heated debate is once again under way in Congress over the tax treatment of electronic commerce and the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1997. The ITFA imposed a moratorium ...
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Proposition 13 and State Budget Limitations: Past Successes and Future Options,

Executive Summary June 2003 marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of Proposition 13, a landmark tax limitation measure approved by California voters in 1978. Proposition 13 triggere...
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States Face Fiscal Crunch after 1990s Spending Surge, Cato Briefing Paper No. 80

Executive Summary Across the nation, large budget gaps are forcing state governments to make tough policy choices. While some states are trying to control spending, others are turning t...
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Cigarette Taxes, Black Markets, and Crime: Lessons from New York's 50-Year Losin

Executive Summary As large state government budget gaps have opened in the past year, lawmakers across the country are turning to cigarette taxes for added revenue. Twenty states raised...
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2002, Cato Policy Analysis No.

Executive Summary Against the backdrop of the worst state budget crunch in years, this report presents the findings of Cato Institute's sixth biennial fiscal policy report card on the n...
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10 Reasons to Oppose Virginia Sales Tax Increases, Cato Briefing Paper No. 75

Executive Summary Northern and southeastern Virginians will vote in referenda this November to approve or reject increases in the retail sales tax to fund transportation projects. North...
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Limiting Government through Direct Democracy: The Case of State Tax and Expendit

Executive Summary Defenders of individual freedom and limited government have often favored representative government over direct democracy. Since 1978, however, activists have proposed...
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2000, Cato Policy Analysis No.

Executive Summary This report presents the findings of the Cato Institute's fifth biennial fiscal policy report card on the nation's governors. The grading mechanism is based on purely objective...
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The Case against a Tennessee Income Tax, Cato Briefing Paper No. 53

Executive Summary On November 2 the Tennessee legislature will convene a special session to debate reform of the state tax system. The center of the controversy is whether Tennessee should adopt...
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The State Spending Spree of the 1990s, Cato Policy Analysis No. 343

Executive Summary Today, almost without exception, state governments are awash in tax revenues. Between 1992 and 1998 state revenues grew at almost twice the rate of inflation plus population gr...
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Sports Pork: The Costly Relationship between Major League Sports and Government,

Executive Summary During the 20th century, more than $20 billion has been spent on major league ballparks, stadiums, and arenas. This includes a minimum of $14.7 billion in government subsidies ...
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