Blog posts

Rebates again?
April 19, 2012

What About the Taxes We Don’t Collect
April 12, 2012

Legislature should be debating all expenditures
March 19, 2012

“Per-capita tax burden” is misleading
February 7, 2012

The vote: 138 to 0
January 25, 2012

Statement on Gov. Peter Shumlin’s 2012 State of the State Address
January 5, 2012

Statement on LIHEAP funding
December 27, 2011

As General Fund support drops, school taxes rise
November 30, 2011

Reforming how we pay for health care
November 23, 2011

What happened to putting people first?
November 17, 2011

Job cuts create jobs? I don’t think so
October 6, 2011

What kind of society do we want?
May 20, 2011

Florida is a leader in the race to the bottom
May 10, 2011

When is a broad-based tax not a broad-based tax?
April 14, 2011

Statement on Legislators’ Proposal to Recoup Tax Cut Revenue
February 24, 2011

House Ways and Means Committee Testimony
January 27, 2011

Statement on Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission Report
January 13, 2011

Yes, let’s get the facts straight
January 12, 2011

Vermont Property Tax Ranking: Mystery Solved
October 30, 2010

Did tax cuts really help create jobs?
September 24, 2010

Cutting school budgets could get expensive
August 27, 2010

Fiscal Facts: A Key to Better Policy Debates
August 17, 2010

Fun with data: see where Americans are moving
June 29, 2010

2010 middle-class property tax hike
June 24, 2010

Per capita, Vermonters have a lot of fun
June 15, 2010

The Census stopped using its state tax rankings. Why don’t we?
May 12, 2010

2011 state budget plans raise property taxes
April 29, 2010

Where to find $195 million
March 19, 2010

Simple and fair
March 15, 2010

Tax cuts are a zero-sum game
March 3, 2010

Let’s hear the alternatives
February 9, 2010

The governor’s ‘tax relief’ sleight-of-hand
February 3, 2010

He had it right the first time
January 26, 2010

Is the governor’s budget adequate? Who knows
January 14, 2010

Vermont has dealt with bigger budget gaps
January 5, 2010

Public employees are workers, too
December 31, 2009

Publications

Another Report Debunks Tax Flight Myth
August 4, 2011

February 2011 Update
February 18, 2011

Federal Tax Cuts Offer New Option
January 21, 2011

Federal Tax Cuts Can Help Close Vermont’s Budget Gap
January 21, 2011

December 2010 Update
December 23, 2010

October 2010 Update
October 27, 2010

Income Taxes: Vermont is in the Middle of the Pack
September 28, 2010

Vermont’s Income Taxes Are Lower than Many Other States
September 28, 2010

September 2010 Update
September 9, 2010

June 2010 Update
June 29, 2010

Dissing Vermont is Bad for Business
May 30, 2010

April 2010 Update
April 26, 2010

2011 Budget: Cutting the Commitment to Vermonters
April 7, 2010

Migrants to Vermont Have More Income Than Those Who Leave
February 4, 2010

Vermonters Are Not Just Taxpayers
January 4, 2010

December 2009 Update
December 18, 2009

A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget
June 25, 2009

Can’t Beat Florida’s Weather—But Property Taxes Are Another Matter
June 18, 2009

Federal Tax Cuts
April 15, 2009

School funding ‘fundamentally broken’?
March 8, 2009

Recessions Past: What Worked Then Can Work Again
December 18, 2008

2008 Update: Where They Come From, Where They Go
October 28, 2008

Beyond Belt-Tightening
September 16, 2008

No New Taxes, but…
September 16, 2008

Measuring Economic Development: What Do Subsidies Buy?
September 16, 2008

Economic Stimulus Needs New Money, Fast
May 2, 2008

Some Necessities Cost More, Others Don’t
May 1, 2008

School-Budget Voters Are Minding Their Own Purse Strings
February 1, 2008

Just the facts, please
October 18, 2007

A Citizen’s Guide to the CLA: Vermont’s Common Level of Appraisal Adjustment for School Taxes
December 30, 2006

Vermont Household Budget Affordability Analysis
October 2, 2006

A Citizen’s Guide to School Funding: Vermont’s Act 68
February 18, 2006