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Josh Barro

Josh Barro is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.


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  • Christie Moves Boldly to Fix Jersey's Budget - March 30, 2010
    • Here's some good news for New Jersey residents, who pay more in state and local taxes than people anywhere else in the United States: earlier this month, New Jersey...
  • States Are the Canary In the Fiscal Coal Mine - March 23, 2010
    • Last week, Moody's released guidance stating that the US and UK Aaa bond ratings are at risk. Debt levels are rising rapidly to levels where those ratings cannot be...
  • What's the Matter With Illinois? - March 16, 2010
    • Over the last two budget cycles, every state except North Dakota has had to close a budget gap. But a handful of states stand out for the depth of their fiscal problems....
  • Rep. Mike Pence Assumes a Can Opener - March 9, 2010
    • There's an old joke about a chemist, a physicist and an economist stuck on a desert island. The castaways possess plenty of canned food, but no tools. The scientists set...
  • "Innovation" Isn't Enough to Fix Entitlements - March 2, 2010
    • Last month, I attended the Conservative Political Action Conference, where I spent a lot of time talking about entitlement reform. Entitlement costs, especially those...
  • Dude, Where's My Healthcare Cadillac Tax? - February 23, 2010
    • Yesterday, the White House released Health Care Reform Version 4.0, or the White House's opening bid for a compromise between the House and Senate health care bills. The...
  • Rep. Ryan's Economic Road Map Is a Good Start - February 16, 2010
    • With over $9 trillion in federal budget deficits expected over the next 10 years, lots of people in Washington are talking about the gap between taxes and spending. Rep....
  • Public Vs. Private Economy - Manhattan Institute - February 9, 2010
    • Over the last two years, as America has experienced the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, workers have been battered. Employment has fallen sharply,...
  • Broader Sales Taxes Can Be a Good Thing - February 9, 2010
    • With lawmakers fighting to close budget gaps created by the Great Recession, some states are considering expanding their sales tax bases to include more services. (The...
  • Obama Giveth and Obama Taketh Away - February 2, 2010
    • In his State of the Union, President Obama mentioned "small business" 14 times. He talked about his desire to subsidize lending to small businesses, to give them tax...
  • With Job Creation, First Do No Harm - Investor's Business Daily - January 29, 2010
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  • A "Scaled Back" Health Bill Won't Work - January 26, 2010
    • Scott Brown's election to the Senate has health care reform on life support. With Congressional Democrats doubting whether it is feasible (or even wise) for them to...
  • It's Time to Freeze Government Wages - January 19, 2010
    • There's a recession going on, but you wouldn't necessarily know it by looking at public employee earnings. If you work for the government, you're far less likely than...
  • Time to Get Serious In California - January 12, 2010
    • Last week, the governors of New York and California took to the rostrums in their respective state capitols to give their State of the State Addresses. Both states face...
  • A Roadmap to a Better New York Budget - January 5, 2010
    • This month, New York's legislature will reconvene in Albany to once again face down a major budget gap. (Give it a couple more years, and New York will get to share in...
  • Schwarzenegger Seeks The Right Bailout - December 29, 2009
    • Next month, California's governor plans to ask Washington for another bailout to help close his state's $21 billion budget gap for the next fiscal year. This request...
  • 2010: A Good Year to Die? - December 22, 2009
    • Next month, for one year only, the federal estate tax is set to go away. Don't break out the cyanide capsules just yet though, because Congress is likely to reinstate...
  • Medicare Buy-In Is the Wrong Prescription - December 15, 2009
    • It's a new week, and the Senate is considering a new plan for health care reform. The latest proposal from Majority Leader Harry Reid introduces the concept of "Medicare...
  • Green Jobs Myths at the White House Summit - December 8, 2009
    • With unemployment at its highest levels in more than 25 years, the Obama Administration is trying to show that it is focused on jobs. Last week's White House "Jobs...
  • The Senate Health Bill Is Less Economically Damaging - December 1, 2009
    • Last month, both the House and Senate passed versions of health care reform bills designed to expand health insurance coverage to a large majority of Americans. Both...
  • State Taxes Produce Wild Revenue Swings - November 24, 2009
    • Another quarter has passed, and another report is out from the Rockefeller Institute showing the sorry state of state revenues. Yesterday the Institute released third...
  • 'Jobs Saved' Stats Are Worse Than Meaningless - November 19, 2009
    • Say what you will about the stimulus package, but it certainly has created one kind of job: a reporter who writes about how stimulus job creation numbers are bogus. The...
  • Conservatives Must Rethink Spending Caps - November 10, 2009
    • In 1992, Colorado voters enacted the Taxpayer Bill of Rights ("TABOR"), a state constitutional provision that limits spending increases to inflation plus population...
  • Why Middle Class Tax Hikes Are Coming - November 3, 2009
    • During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama famously pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 or families making less than $250,000. With this...