Perfect Economics
Last night DK and I made the following determination:
Any good or thing in a market-based economy (e.g. parking, traffic, prices) can be thought of being at perfect equillibrium at the point at which people start complaining about it.
MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT MAKES GOOD PUBLIC FINANCE POLICY… OR… I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT COURSE IN POLITICS
Re: Washington Post's "Budget Woes Trickle Down: Hard-Hit State and Local Governments Say Bush And Congress Left Them to Make Cuts, Raise Taxes"This article does an excellent job of laying out the pressures of public finance policy, and how decreasing revenue on the federal and state level place pressure on local governments to raise taxes […]
Transportation Costs Loom Large for Families - Particularly in Suburban Areas
After a great trip to the big apple, I'm back in the mini-apple. I'll try and post a few thoughts and photos from the trip, but until then, I came across this interesting article:
Star Tribune "Transportation is families' 2nd-highest expense, study says"
Behind housing, a Surface Transportation Project Policy report found that transportation is a family's […]