Times-Picayune Letter to the Editor: Louisiana is Already Squeezing Taxpayers Enough

By Editor

04/29/2011

Edward Ashworth and Andrew Muhl argue in favor of increasing the state's cigarette tax, and the authors claim that this tax hike would be overwhelmingly popular, but Gov. Jindal opposes it for reasons of political expediency.

TAGS: Bobby Jindal, Cigarette Tax, Edward Ashworth

Commentary: Two Perspectives on the Budget Deficit (And One is Wrong)

By Jamison Beuerman

04/21/2010

A report by the Louisiana Budget Project on the state’s budget deficit, and a subsequent rebuttal by Professor Jeffrey Sadow, illuminates the fundamental differences between progressive and conservative economic philosophies. Edward Ashworth of the LBP blames middle-upper class tax breaks for a giant drop in state revenues, which in turn has forced a drop in...

TAGS: Edward Ashworth, Jeffrey Sadow, Louisiana Budget Project

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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