Articles
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Budget & Tax
Misleading claims versus the truth about state spending
Gov. Mary Fallin recently has made several presentations offering a doom-and-gloom picture of Oklahoma’s government agencies.Curtis Shelton | May 5, 2017
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Budget & Tax
145-percent tax hike a bad idea
Tax increases are often a two-edged sword, and that is especially true of the proposed 145-percent cigarette tax increase ($1.50 per pack) currently being pushed by some tax-consumers.Jonathan Small | May 5, 2017
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Budget & Tax
The Bogus Budget: DEM & OETA
The artificial focus on just the appropriated funds spent by state agencies is what allows politicians to act as if government has been cut.Trent England | May 3, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Higher Education
The Bogus Budget: This one cut could solve the shortfall
Total spending has increased so much in higher education that the legislature could zero out its appropriation altogether—saving more than $800 million, closing nearly all of the shortfall—and it would simply return this part of state government to slightly more than its 2013 spending level.Trent England | May 2, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Why government should pay sales tax
Should sales taxes be paid by everyone? Most people probably think so.Trent England | May 2, 2017
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Budget & Tax
The Bogus Budget: Space Cadets Edition
Yes, the appropriated amount of funds going to many state agencies has declined over the last year or two. Yet many of these same agencies are nevertheless spending more money than ever before.Trent England | May 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Revisionist history
Some folks will say or do just about anything to get their hands on more of your tax dollars.Jonathan Small | April 28, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Government’s fair share
If you think every institution in Oklahoma is paying its fair share of taxes, think again.Jonathan Small | April 21, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Workers' comp reform is working
For decades, advocates of growth and prosperity for Oklahoma argued for three crucial reforms: income tax cuts, right to work, and reform of our costly, unwieldy workers' compensation system.Mike Brake | April 7, 2017
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Budget & Tax
A look at TSET
The fund for TSET has become large enough that it can sustain current programs and research.Curtis Shelton | April 7, 2017