Long Story Short
Liz Farmer, Riley Judd, Jared Walczak, David Mitchell, Carl DavisThe 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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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?
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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...
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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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