The Cost of Government?

Local public spending outpaces local incomes – but not local needs

"...of Austin has released a progressively-more-hyped "Combined Cost of Government" index. This index aggregates the revenues of Austin's five..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Government Shutdown Hits

Affordable Care Act takes effect as Tea Party throttles government

"...too. The Tea Party's shutdown of the U.S. federal government is in effect...."

Oct. 1, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Smaller Government Not an Unworkable Fantasy

"...I'm a little disappointed that Louis Black considers smaller government an "unworkable fantasy" (“Page Two,” Sept. 30). It was..."

Oct. 3, 2005 Postmarks

Blatant Bad Government

"...will be a best-example case study for students of government for years to come when they need to look..."

July 23, 2004 Postmarks

Point Austin: Government by Panic

The 'sequester' says more about our politics than our economy

"...mean to a Texas economy heavily dependent on military spending...."

March 1, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Right Now We Need More Public Spending

"...only institution that can do it is the federal government. As unintuitive as it may seem, we need more..."

Aug. 11, 2011 Postmarks

Public Notice: Government by Committee

Tonight's Town Hall: First step in a "New Way Forward"

"...who complain regularly about transparency and accountability in city government can fit into the room, festivities will start at..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

U.S. Government Gone Rogue

"...Dear Editor, I think the American government has gone rogue and no longer follows the will..."

July 12, 2011 Postmarks

Against Spending Too Much on a Central Library

"...Get real. How about supporting some fiscal responsibility in government for a change? There is nothing wrong with the..."

Nov. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Instead of Spending to 'Blow Up' Maybe We Should Spend to 'Help People'

"...Dear Editor, This year our federal government will spend more than $500 billion to "protect America"..."

July 5, 2005 Postmarks

Show Them the Need

The great GOP wave breaks on the realities of the actual cost of government

"...for Tax Reform's Grover Norquist's declared dream of making government "small enough to drown in a bathtub."..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Property Tax Angst Starts Early

Council ponders ‘surplus,’ raising exemption – and anti-tax backlash

"...unchanged since 1986. And a potential move to consider spending some of a $14.2 million budget surplus is gathering..."

March 17, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Page Two: High Dive

As they abandon their platform, Republicans threaten to take government down with them

"...Meanwhile, the party of small government seems insistent on expanding both the federal government and..."

April 1, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Happy Times ... in Moderation

City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending

"...during the downturn have returned, and that cuts in government spending (particularly at the state level) remain a drag..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: Budgetary Fantasies

Those who think budget-cutting is easy will soon learn otherwise

"...it was a demand for lower taxes and smaller government ... and so on...."

Nov. 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

If you want to cut government spending, legalize pot, plus more pearls on government spending (or lack thereof) and the Austin Film and Green festivals.

"...many of those most gleeful about cutting back on government services soon to face how these actually impact their..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Paying taxes adequate to meet social needs is a necessary hedge against a frightening future

"...with extreme budgetary irresponsibility, special-interest pandering, unnecessary legislative pork spending, widespread corruption, and massive government inefficiencies in everything from..."

April 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Bond on Bond

All seven propositions on the current ballot represent a triumph of thought, vision, and planning

"...Americans feel like they are forced to pay the government too much for too little. Even liberals who believe..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The price of Republican domination and the pleasures of repeated listening

"...planks: 1) Lower taxes, much lower, with much better government, but only in the areas where the government should..."

May 20, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The overwhelming need for a Travis County hospital district should be obvious

"...theme, supporting taxes and the need for socially responsible government is not a blanket endorsement of all or any..."

May 7, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Mackey Annotated

"...in National Health Service hospitals, and her Conservative 1979 government won office partly on the promise that it would..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Page Two

There's no such thing as a free road, there's no such thing as an objective documentary, and there might be no such thing as our 1,000th issue

"..."Basically, the government wants to implement toll roads on the newest parts..."

July 16, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...are opposed to almost anything new, or anything the government does. They think both the roads and the tolls..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: In the Red

Republican plans for economic recovery could make things worse

"...companies or create new ones. This assumes that the government almost single-handedly caused the recession, and its attempts at..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...platform has long been that there should be less government regulation. Since both the Gulf spill crisis and the..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Please, don't ask my son if we are related

"...the core of a constitutional republic with an elected government is conversation, interaction, compromise, and dialogue...."

July 1, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Reefer Madness

Federal drug enforcers show little interest in treatment

"...that purpose is a terrible bet. According to the government's own annual survey of drug use in America, the..."

March 14, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Playing the Numbers

"...and inflation has increased by 37%. And what has government grown by in the same period? 125%." It seemed..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Libertarians: DC Dems and GOP "Socialists"

LPT Chair Patrick Dixon slams Republicans (yet again) as not real conservatives

"...just "working together to create a bigger, more socialist government."..."

Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...created SOAH as an independent judicial agency within state government, and the governor lacks the authority to direct the..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature

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