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Pension reform or bust
Posted on October 20, 2011 | No Comments[A] a properly funded pension system should not be a Ponzi scheme, ever dependent on new members in order to stay afloat. -
Arizona’s broken budget system
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsTruly difficult decisions were put off with gimmicks, borrowing, and optimistic revenue estimates until this year. -
Government: A lousy venture capitalist
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsGovernment has no business risking taxpayer resources or disrupting tax systems to favor some businesses over others... -
Credit rating lessons from Oz
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsDefined-contribution, 401(k)-type systems avoid the pension abuses that have led government systems to the brink of collapse. -
Being better than half isn’t good enough
Posted on June 22, 2011 | 1 CommentWe’re isolated from the most populous part of country and we have no access to inexpensive water transportation. -
Arizona’s Openbooks Reveals More than Just Spending
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsHow do state managers manage when they don’t know how money is being spent? -
Can Arizona follow Rhode Island’s lead on health care spending?
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsArizona should pursue a waiver similar to Rhode Island’s. -
World Bank Study: Freedom Boosts Economies
Posted on May 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe lesson is that while social spending might be based on good intentions, entitlement programs can harm both those who make social spending possible and the recipients. -
Susie’s lemonade stand not welcome in Phoenix
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsCities should ... eliminate [regulations] that stop entrepreneurs before they can even get started. -
Bureaucracy threatens state parks
Posted on May 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe real obstacle to keeping our state parks open isn’t money. It’s bureaucracy. -
Empty promises for government employees
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsIf [Arizona's pension] funds funds assumed a 5 percent rate of return instead of the current ridiculously optimistic 8 to 8.5 percent, none of Arizona’s pension funds would be more than 65 percent funded. -
High speed rail a losing bet for Arizona
Posted on April 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsPassenger rail seems to be especially vulnerable to the trifecta of special interest advocacy groups, politicians willing to bet federal taxpayer money, and hungry contractors ready to take that money. -
A balanced budget at last, but where’s the reform?
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe budget now before the governor and the bills that implement it are long on reshuffling and short on fundamental reform. -
Budget Memo to Governor Brewer
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsArizona is in its fourth fiscal year since the recession began without honestly balancing its budget. -
Shortchanging Arizona’s students
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 1 CommentMoney diverted from the classroom -
Community colleges haven’t earned four-year status
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsA major reason universities in the United States are an international success is that by and large they must compete for students for their financial viability. -
Arizona Needs Bold Pension Reform Plan
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsArizona can stop digging its pension hole by acting more boldly ... to provide retirement benefits without putting taxpayers at risk. -
Arizona should stop planning for health insurance exchange
Posted on February 17, 2011 | 3 CommentsCreating an insurance exchange would have Arizona enforcing the individual mandate even as the state defends its court victory to strike down that mandate. -
The path to jobs is not through the red ribbon
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 1 CommentArizona would do well to follow Texas’s most effective economic development policies, including a reduction in income taxes, elimination of excessive business regulations, and more use of our natural resources. -
Governor’s budget places bad bet
Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsArizona now faces a budget deficit of $763.6 million with less than six months left in the fiscal year. -
Arizona state government showing you the money
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentOpenbooks.az.gov has taken Arizona from one of the least transparent states to, perhaps, one of the top 10. -
There can be no sacred cows in Arizona’s budget debate
Posted on December 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsCalls for increased funding ignore one important point: the state doesn’t have the money. -
Economically, we must choose: Texas or California
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsEven natural advantages like a beautiful climate and a coast line can be neutralized by over-reaching government. -
Replacing income tax with sales tax could reduce poverty
Posted on November 24, 2010 | 1 CommentThe bigger question is how the overall tax structure impacts a person’s ability to pay any kind of tax, regardless of income. -
Broad-based sales tax can safely replace income tax that holds back economy
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 1 CommentThe central issue in taxation is to do the least harm while bringing in enough money to fund core government programs. -
Repealing state income tax would attract new jobs
Posted on November 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt’s high time Arizona took a hint from states with better economies like Texas, Wyoming and Washington. -
Taxpayer handouts will not balance state budget or help economy
Posted on November 2, 2010 | 1 CommentPolicymakers must resist the temptation to dole out tax dollars to favored industries... -
Key to economic growth is lower taxes for all, not subsidies to some
Posted on October 27, 2010 | No CommentsEconomic stimulus starts with humble government. -
Michigan health care ruling fails economics test
Posted on October 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhile insurance becomes cheaper when people unlikely to make a claim pay for it anyway, this has no bearing on the cost of health care. -
Earning a better fiscal grade means no more tax increases
Posted on October 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsOf the $12.5 billion used since fiscal year 2008 to balance the state’s budgets, less than a fifth has been in permanent spending reductions. -
Arizona economy will grow with highways and freight trains
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsAdditional transportation options will be key to Arizona’s prosperity. -
Simple Steps to More Arizona Jobs
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsIf we want to see more jobs in Arizona, we have to cut taxes and minimize regulation. -
Two ballot propositions needed to keep state budget balanced
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 1 CommentIf no one leads the propositions to victory, public education will not be spared from the spending reductions that Proposition 100 promised to prevent. -
Federal Health Care Bill Keeping Job Creation On Hold
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No CommentsBy Byron Schlomach -
State Parks Board Needs to Act on Private Contracting
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Government Transparency Has Bright Future in Arizona
Posted on May 13, 2010 | 1 CommentBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
And the Budget Deficits Go On: Prop. 100 Would Fix Nothing
Posted on May 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Government Employees Now Take Higher Salaries Than Private Workers
Posted on April 29, 2010 | 1 CommentBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Who’s Right on Jobs and Proposition 100?
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No CommentsBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Arizona Legislature Should Avoid a Stealth Gas Tax Increase
Posted on April 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Put the Pest Control Commission Out of Its Misery
Posted on April 12, 2010 | 1 CommentBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. -
Tax Freedom Day Arrives in Arizona
Posted on April 8, 2010 | No CommentsBy Byron Schlomach, Ph.D.
