by Carol Platt Liebau | Jun 2, 2014 | Good Government, Taxes |
Just last Friday, Connecticut’s junior US Senator, Chris Murphy, proposed a hike in the federal gas tax, insisting it could be used for the repair of Connecticut’s infrastructure. No doubt infrastructure is important — one of government’s true,...
by Yankee Staff | Aug 11, 2009 | Budget, Civil Service Reform, Good Government, In the news, Media |
The Yankee Institute’s new study “The Care and Feeding of Connecticut’s Congressmen” has taxpayers grumbling all across Connecticut today as they learn about how their Member of Congress spends their hard-earned tax dollars. Among the Yankee...
by Yankee Staff | Aug 8, 2009 | Budget, Civil Service Reform |
TRANSPARENCY FOR THE FIRST TIME Published on August 8, 2009 by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy How much responsibility does any single member of Congress have for the $3 trillion Federal budget? It’s impossible to say. Like a football team, so many people...
