The world of government taxes and spending is weird and complicated. I explain it all here--in tasty and easily digestible bites. (Opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.)
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What streetlights tell us about relying on government fees
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With another anti-property tax movement gaining momentum across the country, local government tax revenue growth is facing even harsher limits than before in some places. This year alone, five sta...
Coffee Talk: Is our tax policy too complicated?
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video this past week with fellow author and tax policy wonk, ! I wanted to speak with him for my next “Coffee Talk” installment because I thought he would offer a different point of view on tax...
Coffee talk: Tax policy and the vibecession
Readers, as many of you know I got into writing about public finance because it connects to so many of the things we care about in our day-to-day lives. As part of expanding the gospel of “public finance isn’t boring—really!!” I’ll be occas...
Season 4 Retrospective
As we wrap up season 4, we look back at some of the themes that dominated the season. These key themes include federal funding cuts, increased fiscal restraints on local government, disaster funding shifts, property taxes, and the "next big...
Could this 'poverty tax' make a comeback?
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Raising taxes always costs some amount of political capital. And in localities, doing so can also often require approval from the state legislature or from voters. So when government budget condi...
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Liz Farmer is an award-winning writer and expert in municipal finance.
Senior state fiscal policy associate at The Pew Charitable Trusts. Views expressed are my own and do not represent my employer.
Jared Walczak is president of Walczak Policy Consulting and a Senior Fellow at the Tax Foundation. He is also a member of the faculty of IPT, serves on the state tax advisory board of ISPL, and contributes to Tax Notes State magazine.
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