Articles
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #10: Legally access the rainy day fund
Oklahoma has a Constitutional Reserve Fund, more commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund, for such a time as this.Trent England | October 4, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #10: Legally access the rainy day fund
Oklahoma has a Constitutional Reserve Fund, more commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund, for such a time as this.Trent England | October 3, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #7,9: Use cash on hand
Instead of raising taxes, legislators should consider spending surplus certified cash ($83 million) and accessing the CIRB account (over $100 million).Trent England | October 2, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #8: Make low-priority agencies non-appropriated
Three small Oklahoma state agencies offer examples of low priorities that could easily be removed from the state budget.Trent England | October 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #5: End subsidies for Hollywood
The subsidy for movie and television production is simple cronyism—politicians picking winners and losers (and identifying most Oklahomans as losers)—and should end.Trent England | September 28, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #2-4: Cut cronyism for wind companies
Capping annual payouts of the Zero-Emission Tax Credit and the ad valorem reimbursement for wind energy companies at $12.5 million each, and repealing the sales tax exemption for wind turbines, could save more than $72 million in the current budget year and more in future years.Trent England | September 27, 2017
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Good Government
TSET: Don’t Smoke, Get Drunk!
Why does a state agency award grants for “alcohol use prevention” while promoting bars and nightclubs?Trent England | September 27, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Cost Avoidance #6: End payouts for tribal tobacco sales
Did you know that some Oklahoma cigarette tax dollars actually go to subsidize the sale of cigarettes? Sound crazy? Here’s how it happens.Trent England | September 27, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
TSET: Don't smoke, get drunk!
Why does a state agency award grants for “alcohol use prevention” while promoting bars and nightclubs?Trent England | September 26, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Health Care
Cost Avoidance #1: Less fraud in Medicaid
Federal reform is necessary to save Medicaid, both from compromising care for the most vulnerable and from bankrupting states and the country.Trent England | September 25, 2017