The Cost of Tax Breaks for Jobs
Via the Star-Ledger, we find that a NJ think tank -- New Jersey Policy Perspective -- has taken a hard look at the massive subsidies being funneled to private businesses in NJ and found that there aren't many jobs associated with all of that money. In the past two years, NJ has given out $822M in tax subsidies:
If The UK Had Launched The Raid Against Osama Bin Laden
The Brits have their own style of doing things.
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 4, 2011
Remember the nice things I wrote about the opening up of Senate procedures? Seems like it was just yesterday...because it was yesterday. The Senate has already returned to the bad…
If You Want Accuracy, Listen To Liberals
Pundits were rated for accuracy of their predictions. Paul Krugman was the best and Cal Thomas was the worst. All the top 5 pundits in accuracy were liberals and Democrats.
Guess I’ll Have To Listen To Jensen Today
Over at Kilroy's, Nancy Willing states that John Young and Lillian Lowery will be on the Rick Jensen show today. Warning: Nancy's info had better be correct! ;-) Consider this…
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
One Goal of Budget Cuts
Killing the publishing of crucial data series and analysis. Or better -- smothering the building of open government in its crib.
General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The General Assembly is back for a two-week sprint to its next recess. While there's no way they'll match the productivity of the pre-Easter session, which was downright historic, there's…
Dithering
Bin Laden may have lived in his Pakistan mansion for 6 years.
Republicans Hate Big Government, Unless They Love It
Republicans also hate wasting taxpayers money, except when they love wasting it. New Jersey's teabag Governor nixed a train tunnel into Manhattan that had a lot of other funding, copious…
