Earlier this year, a bipartisan coalition of Texas lawmakers declined to renew the state's controversial Chapter 313 subsidy program, which was costing the state billions of dollars in property taxes that would have otherwise gone to local school districts. Recently, the Texas Comptroller published proposed changes to the way his office would collect information about … Continue reading CEA Comments on Proposed Changes to Subsidy Transparency in Texas
Cato Daily Podcast: The Broad Coalitions That Stop Corporate Welfare
On Friday's Cato Daily Podcast, CEA President John Mozena discussed how coalitions are coming together from across the ideological spectrum to take on state-level economic development subsidy programs...and win. Mozena pointed out that potential allies for corporate welfare reform aren't always ideological allies. Sometimes, opposition to these programs can come from self-interested "pocketbook" constituencies, such … Continue reading Cato Daily Podcast: The Broad Coalitions That Stop Corporate Welfare
CEA Cautions Michigan State Senate Against Reviving Failed Corporate Subsidies
On Thursday, September 30, CEA President John C. Mozena testified to the Michigan State Senate's Economic Development and Small Business Committee in opposition to Senate Bills 615 and 623, legislation that would largely recreate past failed economic development subsidy programs in Michigan: https://videopress.com/v/h8B4hBHZ?resizeToParent=true&preloadContent=metadata
CEA President Testimony to Michigan State Senate Economic Development Committee on Proposed Subsidies
TESTIMONY OF JOHN C. MOZENA, PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR ECONOMIC ACCOUNTABILITY BEFORE THE MICHIGAN State Senate Economic and Small Business Development Committee REGARDING SBs 615 annd 623 September 30, 2021 Mister Chairman, honorable members of this committee, thank you. My name is John Mozena and I am the president of The Center for Economic Accountability. We … Continue reading CEA President Testimony to Michigan State Senate Economic Development Committee on Proposed Subsidies
Des Moines Register column: Time should be up for Iowa’s slate of terrible tax credits
By mid-July, the corn in Iowa was getting hip-high. So, unfortunately, was the state's flood of corporate tax credits. In a column that originally ran in the Des Moines Journal and has since been reprinted in newspapers across the state, CEA President John C. Mozena and TEF-Iowa Policy Director John Hendrickson helped Iowans understand what … Continue reading Des Moines Register column: Time should be up for Iowa’s slate of terrible tax credits