Tax reform doesn’t threaten Social Security or Medicare
The Democratic talking point is an attempt at misdirection.
Podcast: A new Ducey in the State of State?
Ducey regains ball control on education funding
Ducey’s education funding plan is probably enough to keep an education-business coalition to pass a tax increase he would oppose from forming.
Ducey channels his inner … Bill Clinton?
In his State of the State address, Ducey offered a colorless politics, largely drained of ideological content, similar to the pivot Bill Clinton made after the 1994 election.
Arizona Supreme Court becomes a many splintered thing
For a court generally bent on unanimity, a case involving warrantless GPS tracking of a suspected drug trafficker produces four separate opinions.
Business tax breaks aren’t victimless
Even when commercial development occurs on land previously tax-exempt, such as the State Farm complex on ASU land at Tempe Town Lake, allowing it to remain tax-exempt robs other taxing jurisdictions of the benefits of commercial property growth.
Does Trump believe his National Security Strategy? Does it matter?
The white paper says that the chief threat to the United States is geopolitical competition with China and Russia. Trump barely mentioned it in passing.
Trump wins one, loses one in the courts
In recent court decisions, Trump won one (travel ban) and lost one (defunding sanctuary cities). In both cases, the courts got the separation of powers right.
Is tax reform a winner or a loser?
Taxes, North Korea, Trump, and the Arizona political highlights of 2017.