Chuck Muth

Shooting for the Tax Hike Record

Legislators were unable to come to a “consensus” Monday on exactly how irresponsible to be in adding spending back into Gov....

A Bush Conservative

Let’s get this out of the way first: I like Sen. Bill Raggio. A lot. The problem I have with him...

Shhhh! Don’t Disturb the Tax Hikers

Perhaps the most outrageous thing to come out of the 2009 legislative session won’t necessarily be the ginormous tax hike we’re...

RINOs in the Midst

After this disastrous legislative session, Nevada Republicans need to do some serious house cleaning if they’re ever going to be taken...

Greedy Union Crybabies

Las Vegas is building a performing arts center. Whiting-Turner, a highly-respected, experienced and successful contractor, is overseeing construction of the quarter-billion...

Taxing Unwed Mothers on Welfare?

What costs taxpayers more: Health care costs associated with smoking or welfare costs for out-of-wedlock births? Now if Democrats in Nevada’s...

Will They Ever Stop Digging?

Gov. Gibbons’ proposed budget from January is no longer balanced thanks to a continued drop in tax revenues during this recession....

New Boob Tube Tax

AB 551 suddenly popped up out of nowhere last week. In short, if you have satellite TV the Nevada Legislature doesn’t...

Low Taxes Equal New Jobs: Who Knew?

“A California company that sells more than 1 million vehicles a year online purchased an office building in Reno’s South Meadows...

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

I support Gov. Gibbons’ born-again reverence for the written promise he made to voters last year to “oppose and veto any...

Teachers to Kids: Drop Dead!

Now remember, to hear the teachers union airbags tell it, all they’re interested in is the welfare of our kids. So...

Conservative Senator Sipping Tax Hike Kool-Aid

Word on the street is that it’s not moderate Republican senators who are pushing aggressively for tax hikes in legislative negotiations...

When Business Interests Conflict with Public Policy

One of the more dishonest scams going on in the Legislature this year is the practice of pointing to various heavily...

It’s the Spending, Stupid

A column by Nicole Gelinas this week in Forbes.com compares traditional high-tax “old” states such as California and New York to...

Another Whopper by the Tax Hike Crowd Exposed

A new report by the Nevada Policy Research Institute reveals that Nevada “spends more than you think” on K-12 education.

The Freedom Budget

The loudest shrieking from the Left over Gov. Gibbons’ proposed budget is over how they claim it will destroy higher education,...

What Part of Plain English Doesn’t Gibbons Understand?

Good grief, here we go again.