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Income-tax-sandwich watch
Oklahomans focused on the final days of our legislative session may have missed the news from south of the Red River. Texas legislators ...
Who Are Oklahoma’s So-Called ‘Rich’?
In the continuing public discussion about reducing Oklahoma’s personal income-tax rate, tax-cut opponents often argue that these tax cut...
Jobs leaving Oklahoma at the speed of Hertz for lower-tax climate
A few weeks ago, rental car giant Hertz announced it’s moving its headquarters from New Jersey to Lee County, Fla., which features the c...
Debunking tax myths in Oklahoma
As we head into the second half of Oklahoma’s 2013 legislative session, conservatives continue to make the case for pro-growth tax cuts,...
Debunking 'Progressive' Myths
The U.S. economy has recently suffered its deepest and most prolonged recession since the Great Depression. The fundamental causes of th...
Tax Myths Debunked
The U.S. economy has recently suffered its deepest and most prolonged recession since the Great Depression. The fundamental causes of th...
OCPA in The Oklahoman: Government spending continues to climb in Ok...
In a column published on Sunday in The Oklahoman, I discussed the continued growth in state spending (in particular, the skyroc...
Kansas Is Cutting Taxes, Right-Sizing Government
On January 1, 2013, historic tax cuts were implemented in Kansas. Lawmakers in Nebraska and Louisiana are watching, with the chief exec...
Tax policy should reward families
Writing in the public policy journal The Family in America (“The Economic Boost of Childbearing"), Bryce J. Christensen and Rob...
Should you vote “yes” on State Question 766?
Among the half-dozen ballot questions facing Oklahoma voters in November, State Question 766 is arguably the most significant in economi...
The Most Important State Ballot Question You’ve Never Heard Of (Yet)
The proposal is a direct assault on the Taft-Hartley Act, the historic compromise that established many federal provisions facilitating ...
Tax Cuts ‘A Shot of Adrenaline’ into Kansas Economy
When Jeff Colyer and I took office in January of 2011, tens of thousands fewer Kansans were working in private-sector jobs than a decade...
Maintaining Medicaid Could Require States to Cut School Funding or ...
Even if state legislators across the country choose not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, they might still have to cut school funding ...
OCPA Memo ‘Played a Major Role’ in Historic Tax Cut
In an October 2010 memorandum (“A Tale of Two States: The Real Effect of Individual Income Tax Cuts”), OCPA research fellow Steve Anders...
Lower Tax Rates, Higher Tax Revenues
The recent news that state tax revenues grew from Fiscal Year 2011 to Fiscal Year 2012 is indicative of the hard work of Oklahoma’s citi...
Put Taxpayers First
The Legislature failed to reduce the income tax and increased state government spending by $321 million. Following the lead of Gov. Scot...
Study: Oklahoma will lose $119 million in income to Texas this year
As the Thunder gears up for its showdown with the San Antonio Spurs for the right to compete in the NBA Finals, Oklahoma’s state legisla...
Economic theory says tax rates affect growth
How much money do you want in your pocket? The Oklahoma Legislature is considering changes to the state income tax that would affect bot...
The politics of envy (cont’d)
This week Gov. Mary Fallin set phasing out the state’s personal income tax as the priority for the 2012 legislative session. The boldnes...
Gov. Fallin on Efforts to Cut the Okla. Income Tax
Gov. Mary Fallin, (R-Okla.), on efforts to cut income taxes in the state.
