Steven Miller
Taxing Lies
A couple of years or so ago, Nevadans were being told, up and down the state, that state schools were paying teachers shamefully low salaries. Then the American Federation of Teachers—somehow singing from the wrong songbook—happened to mention that Silver State teachers, compared to their colleagues around the country, were making significantly better-than-average salaries. Oops.
The 'Broad Based' Tax Scam
The campaign to impose big new taxes on working Nevadans has been notable for demonstrating a nearly infinite number of ways for trashing the truth.
The Tipping Point
Business comes of age
April 16—the day that the state senate’s taxation committee killed the Guinn administration’s proposed gross receipts tax (GRT)—was a watershed day in the history of the Silver State.
The Real Deficit: Credibility
Over the last several years we’ve all been repeatedly told that looming state budget deficits require radical changes in Nevada’s tax system.
Behind the Rationalization
What’s really behind the campaign to impose a radical new tax structure on Nevada?
An American Imperium?
At the heart of much of the hand wringing over America’s unconditional insistence that Iraq be disarmed by force if necessary has been the quivering fear of a new and freer world.
Hijacking Toddlers
Silly you.
You thought when you entrusted your small children to Nevada’s public school system that the teachers and administrators would honor the trust you were placing in them.
On the Backs of the Poor
In January Governor Guinn declared that he “refuses to balance the budget on the backs” of Nevada’s poor.
The Sales Tax from Hell
A couple of years from now, Angelina Alvarez drops by the local supermarket to pick up some rolls and a quart of milk.
The 'Fair Share' Fib
For the last 15 years -- escalating sharply in the last two -- Nevada's non-gaming businesses have been subjected to a prolonged campaign of slander.