Victor Joecks
Leno on the de facto governmental takeover of GM
Jay Leno understands what the government's nationalization of GM means.
Where is PLAN's outrage over tax plan to soak the poor?
AB277 and AB255 would more than double the taxes on tobacco and alcohol. Why haven't we heard any outrage from PLAN?
Gibbons caves, accepts federal stimulus funds
The bad news is Gov. Gibbons announced yesterday that he would accept $77 million of federal stimulus money. Nevada must use the money to expand its unemployment program. The good news is that he may change his mind tomorrow.
The free market at work in Nevada: creative destruction
Everyone's heard the news about Nevada's unemployment rate breaking the 10 percent mark, and we probably all know people who are affected by businesses that are shutting down. What's often not reported are the new jobs that are being created.
Assembly Ways and Means committee wants to enable Nevada's boom-bust cycle
And unfortunately, their vote was unanimous. The Assembly Ways and Means committee unanimously passed AB469, designed to force Gov. Jim Gibbons' hand in accepting all of the stimulus money for unemployment benefits for which Nevada is eligible.
Enabling Nevada’s boom-bust cycle
Speaker Buckley decries, then exacerbates, the problem
Speaker Buckley has talked for months about how Nevada's government suffers from a boom-bust cycle. She says the boom-bust cycle is caused by flaws in Nevada's tax structure. Since 43 other states are facing budget deficits this biennium, however, the more likely cause is Nevada politicians' unquenchable thirst for increasing government spending at a rate that exceeds the growth of population and inflation.
