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Nevada is not a low-tax State
By Geoffery Lawrence
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nov. 27, 2011
It's an argument the left trots out year after year: "If low tax rates are so important, then why is the unemployment rate so high in Nevada?"
Of course, it's more of a political talking point than an invitation for substantive debate -- progressives rarely want to have a discussion about the destructive impact on the Nevada housing market of Federal Reserve policy, the Community Reinvestment Act, federal land control, or countless other federal market manipulations. After all, with Harry Reid steering the U.S. Senate, federal policy surely must be crafted with Nevada's interests at the forefront, right? (Presumably, we are to ignore that per-capita federal spending in Nevada has fallen from 16th among the states to 50th during Sen. Reid's tenure in Washington.)
No, leftists in Nevada ask this question to suggest that tax rates don't matter, and that lawmakers could raise state tax burdens on residents sky high with no damage to the state's economy.
Yet, however shallow the Left's economic analysis might be here, it should be recognized that even the underlying premises of the argument are untrue. Tax rates are important and they aren't very low in...
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Keystone's Mission:
To recruit, support and advocate for candidates for public office who support private sector job creation, low taxation, a responsible regulatory environment, and effective delivery of essential state services.Keystone's Goals:
- To focus on candidate support on state legislative races and the governor's office.
- To oppose any form of corporate income taxes or other business taxes that discourage capital investment and therefore job creation.
- Support limiting Nevada state government spending to the rate of population growth.
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"...Local governments in Nevada received $3,140 [tax receipts] per capita in 2008 -- ninth highest among the states!"
Geoferry Lawrence, Nevada is Not a Low-Tax State, LVRJ
Nevada higher education not underfunded
By Ron Knecht
Las Vegas Review Journal
Jan 8, 2012
A recent Brookings Institute study on economic growth in Nevada concluded that we must innovate and diversify -- which we already knew. I hope its proposals to "unleash" growth produce more than those from previous studies, but only time will tell.
The study was marred, however, by a high-profile, false claim it made that provided red meat for the statists who dominate academe...
Texas' magnet could work for Nevada
By Bob Thomas
Nevada Appeal
Dec 29, 2011
There is another reasonably good chance to recruit manufacturers here if we're not too proud to take a leaf out of the Texas success book. This is far more attractive cost-wise, if it works, than using my foolproof methods. In 2003 the Texas Legislature passed HB-4, which again reformed the state's civil justice system. HB-4 addresses limits on noneconomic damages, product liability reform, punitive damages, medical liability reform, joint and several liability, and class-action reforms....
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