Geoffrey Lawrence
The Path to Sustainable Prosperity
Removing the obstacles facing Nevada’s entrepreneurs
If Nevada really wants a robust and flourishing economy, it needs to streamline state and local regulations, reduce and eliminate state and local licensing fees and filing requirements, ease restrictions that discourage hiring and eliminate government-granted business subsidies. Those are just some of the findings contained in The Path to Sustainable Prosperity, a comprehensive study on economic development.
Solution of the week: Prevailing Wage
Nevada has wasted billions overpaying for labor on government projects
Nevada has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars overpaying for labor on government projects.
Solution of the week: NSHE finance
Fund students, not institutions
Nevada should fund students, not give subsidies to institutions.
Solution of the week: The many problems of the margin tax
Margin tax combines worst features of corporate-income and gross-receipts taxes
A margin tax would combine the worst features of corporate-income and gross-receipts taxes.
Let's quit killing jobs in the Silver State
How legislators can remove obstacles to job creation
Here are steps lawmakers should take to remove obstacles to job creation.
Solution of the week: Liberate Nevada from federal occupation
It's time to finish what the Sagebrush Rebellion started
It's time for Nevada lawmakers to finish what the Sagebrush Rebellion started.
Solution of the week: Tax reform
How to reform and improve Nevada's tax structure in a revenue-neutral manner
This is how to reform and improve Nevada's tax structure in a revenue-neutral manner.
Solution of the week: Charter Agencies
Reform from Iowa would save taxpayers millions while improving services
Structural reform from Iowa would save taxpayers millions while improving services.
