Articles
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Was it legal to drain Oklahoma’s rainy day fund?
Gov. Mary Fallin’s administration has drained Oklahoma’s Constitutional Reserve Fund, often called the Rainy Day Fund.Trent England | April 3, 2017
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Budget & Tax
End tax cronyism in Oklahoma
By taking bipartisan aim at tax cronyism, Oklahoma can unlock an economy of the future.William Freeland | April 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Tax Foundation explains soda tax flaws
If the role of government is to protect individual rights and freedoms, politicians should not be making policies that manipulate people’s choices or target particular citizens for exercising those freedoms to pay more than their fair share of the cost of government.Curtis Shelton | March 27, 2017
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Budget & Tax
What drives income tax revenues: Tax rates or economic growth?
Examining the data suggests that employment level seem to have driven changes in income tax collections more than tax rates over the last decade in Oklahoma.Curtis Shelton | March 27, 2017
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Budget & Tax
A public letter to state lawmakers
In the past few days a number of memos, emails and letters have been distributed regarding solutions to Oklahoma’s current budget challenge.Jonathan Small & Larry Parman | March 12, 2017
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Budget & Tax
State revenue makeup
It is no secret Oklahoma has seen tough times the last few years because of the decline of oil prices.Curtis Shelton | March 7, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Should the government tax soda?
Worrisome trends in the prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes have raised questions about the role of the federal and state governments in regulating the healthfulness of consumers’ diets.Jayson Lusk | March 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
A look at the state budget
With the legislative session underway, the debate over the State budget begins heating up. In order to get some perspective, we look back at recent State spending.Curtis Shelton | February 27, 2017
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Budget & Tax
First steps on the road to balancing Oklahoma’s state budget without increasing taxes on working Oklahomans
In order to help close the budget gap for Oklahoma’s state government, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs proposes the following 13 ideas.Jonathan Small | February 21, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
TSET Billboard Spending Examined
TSET currently uses 92 billboards in Oklahoma’s major population areas. The total budget for TSET’s billboard advertising campaign in fiscal year 2017 is $770,000.Jay Chilton | February 20, 2017