Commentary (Dozens of items)

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 18, 2005
"The Price of Government": Reinventing a Broken Wheel?

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 14, 2005
School Budgets: A Crisis of Management, Not Finance

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 9, 2005
Borrowing Time?

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 31, 2005
Speech: Michigan at the Crossroads

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 10, 2005
Article: Michigan at the Crossroads

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 10, 2005
A New Beginning: Ending the Single Business Tax

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 10, 2005
Improve Michigan's Regulatory Environment

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, September, 2004
County Tax Shift: It Quacks, It Waddles; It’s a Duck
Balancing the Budget Without Taxes

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Nov. 5, 2004
Fiscal Policy in Michigan
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Oct. 25, 2004
Spending Fix?
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Oct. 15, 2004
Gaining Ground
Jack McHugh and Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Sept. 20, 2004
Balancing the Budget Without Taxes
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Sept. 13, 2004
County Tax Shift: It Quacks, It Waddles; It’s a Duck
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Aug. 26, 2004
A State Gas Tax That Should Run Out of Fuel
Mr. Russ Harding

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Aug. 23, 2004
Michigan’s Budget Deficit Calls for Structural Reforms
Mr. John LaPlante

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, June 28, 2004
Government Spending Lobby Has 200 Service Taxes for You
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, May 3, 2004
Lawmakers Could Balance Budget by Cutting Spending and Selling State Assets
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, April 22, 2004
Legislature May Give Away $1.6 Billion ‘Racino’ Windfall
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, April 4, 2004
Sinful Sin Taxes
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 24, 2004
$1.2 Billion State Deficit Is Really Only $327.4 Million
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 17, 2004
Why a Statewide Property Tax Increase is a Bad Idea
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 10, 2004
Michigan Can’t Afford Tuition Grant Program
Mr. Joseph Lehman

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 26, 2004
Granholm Would Resurrect Michigan’s Un-Dead Death Tax
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 12, 2004
Tax Shots Across the Budget Bow
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Dec. 1, 2003
Lack of Transparency Complicates State Budget Challenge
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Nov. 11, 2003
Government Cancels Christmas; Civil Society Restores It
Mr. Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Nov. 28, 2003
The Pros and Cons of Zero-based Budgeting
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Oct. 14, 2003
Privatizing State Fairs Could Save Michigan Nearly $60 Million
Mr. Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Aug. 29, 2003
Budget Balancing Endgame
Mr. Paul S. Kersey

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, July 16, 2003
Legislation Would Resurrect Michigan’s Un-Dead Death Tax
Jack McHugh

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, June 2, 2003
Contract Out School Services Before Laying Off Teachers
Mr. Michael LaFaive and mr. Robert Hunter

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 25, 2003
"Outside the Box" Police Proposal Would Save Taxpayers $65 Million
Jack McHugh

Gov. Jennifer Granholm:
Budget plan protects our common priorities
Published in the Detroit News, March 9, 2003

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 7, 2003
User Fees and Taxes: What's the Difference?
Mr. Lawrence W. Reed
In this 1991 article, Mr. Reed explained an issue that is prominent in Gov. Granholm's 2003-2004 budget proposal.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 7, 2003
A Tax Is Not a User Fee
Mr. Lawrence W. Reed

The Detroit Free Press - "Local Comment," Feb. 24, 2003
Long-term Rx for state budget
Take these 10 ideas to get on road to financial recovery
by Lawrence W. Reed

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. 7, 2003
MEGA Corporate Tax Loophole Worth $45.5 Million
Kmart, Robert Bosch Corp., are latest program failures
by Joe Lehman and Michael LaFaive

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 23, 2003
Sales Tax on Services Is Bad Policy

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 17, 2003
Granholm’s Resistance to Tax Hikes Is Sound Policy

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, May, 2002
Cut State Spending
by Lawrence Reed

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, August, 2002
Time to Tame the Tax Beast in Michigan
by Gary Wolfram

The Case for Keeping Taxes Low
by Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Rick Johnson

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 12, 2002
Is the New State Budget a Quick Political Fix?
by Lawrence Reed

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Michigan's Prevailing Wage Act: Will Common Sense Prevail?
by Mr. Mark Fischer