by Tax Watchdog | Mar 8, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson The Utah Legislature ended its 2004 session at midnight on Wednesday, March 3, after 45 grueling days of debate. The best news is that despite three years of stagnating state revenues, Utah Taxpayers dodged the general tax increase bullet again...
by Tax Watchdog | Mar 1, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah business taxes compare more favorably than most states according to a recent report from the Committee on State Taxation (COST) while Utah business incentives rank near the bottom of the 50 states, according to State Business Incentives, a...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 23, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Increased school funding for K-12 government schools nationwide has failed to produce improved test scores, according to the tenth edition of the Report Card on American Education: A State-By-State Analysis, 1980-2002, released by the American...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 16, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson There are many techniques commonly used in the dissemination of propaganda. During the Cold War U.S. high school students were required to study eight types of propaganda to assist them in seeing past emotion and invective and clearly...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 9, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson A recent study by the Utah Taxpayers Association sheds light on expected impacts of tuition tax credits and charter schools on Utah’s traditional public schools Utah’s urban school districts with declining enrollmenst enjoy lower...
by Tax Watchdog | Feb 2, 2004 | 2004 Enterprise Articles
by Howard Stephenson Utah ranks 26th among the fifty states and District of Columbia for small business survivability, according to the Small Business Survival Committee (SBSC); a non-profit small business advocacy group which has more than 70,000 members nationally....
