New York Times Calls Foul On ‘Flight Of Earls’ Myth
Can we finally put to rest the false idea that the rich will leave Rhode Island if the state raises taxes? The Earls aren’t fleeing the Ocean State, they flock here. We’ve got the best beaches and we treat our rich like they are royalty. And even if we only had the best beaches, the [...]
Nesi Takes On Tax Policy!
To my way of thinking, there are few things that would be better medicine for the debate on how to fix Rhode Island’s economy than for WPRI’s uber-influential blogger Ted Nesi to delve into the state’s tax policy in the same way he did for the pension debate. And lately, he has! Note the the [...]
Abolish the Property Tax
In 2010, the property tax came into full view for me. That was the year the Providence City Council was forced to raise taxes on the East Side, whose property values had increased while the rest of the city’s had fallen. A friend of mine called me up to turn out with his family to [...]
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