The Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) recently released the 2016 edition of the Nevada Piggy Book. This is good because Nevada taxpayers need to know about government waste, which is an especially important topic while the Legislature is in session. However, it’s also depressing to see these examples of how our hard-earned money is being thrown away by politicians and … [Read more...]
The Minimum Wage is not Just Anti-Business – It’s Anti-Worker as Well
Workers who make the least are hit hardest by short-sighted minimum wage hikes As economist Murray Rothbard once put it, there is only one way to describe a minimum wage law: “It is compulsory unemployment.” If the activist group The Committee to Raise the Minimum Wage in Nevada gets their way, Nevadans will see exactly what Rothbard warned against. The group has filed a … [Read more...]
Report Card Shows which Lawmakers Stood up for Taxpayers: Only 20 of 63 Kept their Commitments to Taxpayers
It’s easy for elected officials to pay lip service to how well they’re doing and talk about their achievements but, just as in school, report cards show the world what actually happened. To that end, the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) has just released its 2015 Legislative Review & Report Card, which includes a narrative overview of the session and scores every … [Read more...]
