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Eliminating the State Income Tax in Oklahoma
Oklahoma has an opportunity to create a long-lasting economic boom by completely phasing out the state’s personal income tax.
No property-tax increase necessary (Part 2)
I recently addressed the scare tactic used by our friends on the left and various tax users who claim that “property taxes will increase...
No property-tax increase necessary
On November 29, 2011, OCPA and Art Laffer, Ph.D., an economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, released the findings of a new researc...
Oklahoma Losing Taxpayers to No-Income-Tax States
As we pointed out in these pages in April 2010, migration data show that Oklahoma has become somewhat of a magnet in recent years. We fo...
Laffer Outlines Plan for Phaseout of Oklahoma Income Tax
On November 29 Dr. Arthur Laffer—the keynote speaker at a joint meeting of three Oklahoma City civic clubs (Kiwanis, Lions, and Rotary)—...
Report says income-tax phaseout would spur economic boom
OCPA has teamed up with Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics to produce a new report entitled “Eliminating the State Income Tax in Ok...
Time for policymakers to cut taxes, spending
The future of oil will be shifting to the Americas, says the Institute for Energy Research (IER), as “the shale oil revolution will cont...
Coloradoans reject tax hikes
Apparently Coloradoans disagree with higher-education officials who believe that ten-fold increases in higher education costs are not en...
Taxing Cannot Be Separated from Spending
It is a grave error to attempt to discuss tax reform without discussing spending reform. Current and future spending determines the fut...
Oklahoma Voters: Reduce the Income Tax, Don’t Raise Other Taxes
Oklahoma’s Task Force for the Study of Tax Credits and Economic Incentives has been doing some important work lately, and it’s looking m...
Oklahoma voters: Reduce the income tax, don’t raise other taxes
Oklahoma’s Task Force for the Study of Tax Credits and Economic Incentives has been doing some important work lately, and it’s looking m...
Oklahomans Want Lower Taxes, Smaller State Government
In an effort to gauge public opinion on various policy questions, OCPA recently commissioned SoonerPoll, a highly respected survey firm,...
Oklahoma’s Private-Sector Share of Income Below the National Average
In June the Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the first quarter of 2011. Oklahoma’s private sector share...
Oklahoma’s private-sector share of income below the national average
Last week the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the first quarter of 2011 ...
Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes: ‘A Never-Ending Meteor Shower’
Former U.S. Senator Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat, once noted that “government takes too much from our taxpayers—big and little alike....
Taxation through the Ages
Brandon Dutcher talks taxes with OCPA distinguished fellow J. Rufus Fears Dutcher: You have pointed out many times tha...
Leveling the Playing Field for Oklahoma’s One-Earner Families
When it comes to equalizing the tax burden for traditional, one-earner families where one spouse chooses to stay home, Oklahoma is a nat...
Governor prefers tax cuts to corporate welfare
“My goal is to make Florida the No. 1 business state in the nation,” writes Florida Gov. Rick Scott. “We will be the state for job creat...
Income-tax reduction is good policy, good politics
Despite all the talk of Oklahoma’s state budget “shortfall” (a word I’m not thrilled with), a plurality of Oklahomans still favors cutti...
Remembering Reagan
As we remember Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday week, I marvel at the fact that so many people are still attempting to ...
