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2004 Ballot Issues Suggest Utah Wants to Be #1 in Taxes

by Tax Watchdog | Sep 16, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles

by Howard Stephenson Despite the fact that Utah’s taxes and fees are now third highest in the nation, voters throughout Utah are facing tax hike proposals on the ballot this November. You heard it correctly: Our taxes are third highest, and the measures on the ballot...

Attorney General Wouldn’t Provide Timely Advice on Marriage Amendment, but Had Plenty of Time to Push Tax Hikes and Scuttle Initiative B

by Tax Watchdog | Sep 13, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles

by Howard Stephenson Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s belated opposition to Amendment 3, the Joint Resolution on Marriage, was a surprise to legislators. The surprise was not just his position but most of all his timing. Shurtleff claims that he and his office...

Vouchers: Subsidizing Private Schools . . . or Subsidizing Education?

by Tax Watchdog | Aug 30, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles

by Howard Stephenson Opponents of parental choice in education are claiming that tuition tax credits are a subsidy for private schools and are therefore bad public policy. In a closer examination of this claim Mike Jerman, Vice President of Utah Taxpayers Association...

Vouchers: Subsidizing Private Schools . . . or Subsidizing Education?

by Tax Watchdog | Aug 23, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles

by Howard Stephenson Opponents of parental choice in education are claiming that tuition tax credits are a subsidy for private schools and are therefore bad public policy. In a closer examination of this claim Mike Jerman, Vice President of Utah Taxpayers Association...

The United States is no longer the champion of economic freedom

by Tax Watchdog | Aug 9, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles, Enterprise Articles

by Howard Stephenson We in the United States have always believed, correctly, that our economic prosperity is the result of the freedoms we enjoy. We’ve been proud of the fact that historically, the United States has set the standard for economic freedom. In recent...
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