Taxes & Government Spending
Nevada Policy fights to make sure Nevadans keep more of their hard-earned money by exposing wasteful government spending and promoting low-tax solutions to Nevada’s economic challenges.
Nevada Policy understands that individuals, businesses and consumers are better stewards of their hard-earned money than any politician or government official. Fighting to preserve Nevada’s low-tax environment is key to ensuring every Nevadan has the opportunity to pursue their own financial success.
Recent News
A slap in the face
State lawmakers have known for a year that tax revenues were in decline. A year. For a year they have known that they would face tough choices between implementing meaningful reform to control government growth and imposing the largest tax increases ever on a populace that is already reeling from economic recession. Yet, they procrastinated and avoided those choices.
Education and migration
We are told that without an excellent system of taxpayer-financed higher education, we cannot attract people or jobs to our state. Without growth in the population of the well-educated, or so goes the story, we simply won't be able to grow our economy. It may be true that some people won't move to our state because the public system of higher education is bottom-tier. But when you examine the reality in this area, the claims of the big spenders fall completely flat.
Your move, Carson
For months we've heard legislators, lobbyists and union officials decrying the impact that the economic downturn might have on their wallets and not ours. In order to prop up government spending, many legislators have spent the past few months privately, but not publicly, discussing a range of ideas for increasing taxes on families in Nevada who are already reeling from the impact of economic recession.
Nevada’s Freedom Budget 2009-2011
A line-by-line Nevada budget based on principle and priorities. Cost to taxpayers over two years: $5.1 billion.