Fara Klein
Fara Klein is a Research Analyst for ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform. Fara is originally from Miami, Florida, and holds a master’s degree in public policy from Brown University and a bachelor’s degree in politics from Mount Holyoke College.
Posts by Fara Klein:
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Myth of the Day: Raising Tax Rates Will Not Harm Economic Growth
March 11 2013A centerpiece of the progressive case for big government is the premise that high taxes don’t effect economic growth. In Tax Myths Debunked, co-authors …
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Governor Patrick’s Tax and Spend Vision for Massachusetts
February 4 2013In a recent budget proposal that exemplifies the “tax and spend” approach to policymaking, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has requested a 1 percentage point …
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Test Scores Decline Despite Increased Education Spending
November 26 2012Employment in America’s K-12 public school system has increased rapidly since the 1950’s. Interestingly, this growth in the number of teachers and public school employees …
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The Need for Corporate Tax Reform
October 9 2012It’s no secret that the U.S. corporate tax rate is one of the highest in the world. However, a recent report released by the …
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Stopping State Bailouts, Before They Start
September 26 2012First it was Wall Street, then it was General Motors, and now some expect that individual states will also seek a financial bailout from the …
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Taxes Push Firms Abroad
September 12 2012More and more U.S. companies are moving their corporate headquarters abroad to seek more favorable tax treatment of corporate income, according to recent analysis …
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New Study Shows State and Local Business Taxes on the Rise
September 4 2012The Council on State Taxation (COST) recently released a study revealing that businesses paid a total of $644 billion in state and local …
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Unfunded pension liability worse than expected
August 20 2012The issue of state pension sustainability has been a cause of major concern ever since the 2008 recession took a severe toll on pension investment …
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Taxpayers Flee Maryland
July 18 2012A recent study by the non-partisan group Change Maryland is garnering significant attention after finding more evidence that the state’s wealthiest residents are being …
