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
Funding Fantasies
In the debate over Nevada's education funding, a fundamental question remains: How much are Silver State taxpayers actually spending on the education of their youth?
The broad-based tax fantasy
The Las Vegas Sun this week highlighted on its front page a recent article from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a left-of-center think tank in Washington, D.C. A March 13 report from the CBPP says Nevada's budget gap for 2010 is 30 percent, the highest in the nation. Not surprisingly, some have taken this to mean that Nevada needs to expand and diversify its tax base. Not so fast.
Forcing you to buy what you don’t want
Gov. Gibbons went before the Senate Committee on Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation on Tuesday to testify on behalf of his administration's bill, SB 395. The bill would, among other things, expand the scope of renewable-energy projects within the state that qualify for tax abatements.
Government failure
Advocates for big government often try to justify themselves by declaring they're simply trying to cope with instances of "market failure." Thus they rationalize government displacing the free exchange of goods and services between individuals and sabotaging the livelihood and freedom of those individuals.