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Farmers Welfare Bill: Rethinking Costly and Environmentally Distortive Subsidies
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi discusses the cost and consequences of the $1.5 trillion decade-long subsidies in the farm bill with Chris Edwards, Chair of Fiscal Studies at the Cato Institute. These subsidies have the potential to negatively impact incentives for consumers, producers, and those concerned about the environment.
Dr. Ramachandra Guha on Gandhi’s Enduring Legacy
/in Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Charlie Chieppo and Mariam Memarsadeghi interview writer and biographer Dr. Ramachandra Guha. The author of the definitive two-volume biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, Guha discusses Gandhi’s formative educational experiences, spirituality, political leadership, and philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
Massachusetts Split Property Tax Rates – Considerations for the Current Economic Climate
/in Blog /by Aidan Enright and Eileen McAnnenyMany taxing jurisdictions distinguish among the various property types and treat them differently. Common property classifications include: residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural.
A majority of states, some 60 percent, use some kind of classification, but those classifications vary in scope and effective tax burden (i.e., the actual amount of tax paid after credits, deductions and other changes are taken into account.) Classifications are also operationalized differently among states. Some use a set rate for different types of properties and others use a ratio of assessment and market values.
Predatory Tax Ruling: Supreme Court Closes Door on Home Equity Theft
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with Pacific Legal Foundation’s state legal policy deputy, attorney Jim Manley, about home equity theft, a practice that has taken 350 properties in Massachusetts, dispossessing homeowners of more than $50 million in equity.
Lousy Healthcare for Thee but Not for Me
/in Blog, Featured, Life Sciences, Pioneer Research /by William Smith and Robert PopovianIn recent years, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have instituted programs to keep out-of-pocket drug costs high for patients. Why is the administration so eager to protect federal employees from high out-of-pocket costs but is perfectly happy for PBMs to enroll millions of other patients in these programs?