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2000 Index of Commentaries
December 2000
12/31/00 "Object of Capital Goods Tax Credit to Create Jobs"
12/24/00 "Other Options for Cutting Taxes"
12/17/00 "Overdoing the Exemption of Food and Drugs"
12/10/00 "Opportunity for Tax Savings Being Missed"
November 2000
11/12/00 "Make Sure You Understand Those Statistics"
11/05/00 "Making Someone Else Pay is the Result of Targeted Tax Incentives"
October 2000
10/29/00 "Looking for Some New Talent and Some Critical Thinkers"
10/22/00 "Leasing and Pyramiding Solutions Need Accelerating"
10/15/00 "Letting the State Use the Money at Expense of Contractors"
10/08/00 "Letting the Pot Stew a Bit Longer on Tax Changes"
10/01/00 "Logic Sometimes Difficult to Perceive in Financing Schemes"
September 2000
09/24/00 "Kettle of Debt Has Something for Everyone"
09/17/00 "Keeping the Money Drives Cost of Utilities Up"
09/10/00 "Key to Controlling Future Obligations in Debt Limit"
09/03/00 "Keeping Up with the Attempts to Raise the General Excise Tax"
August 2000
08/27/00 "Justifying Those Excess Expenditures"
08/20/00 "Just Keeping Tabs on What They Spend"
08/13/00 "Judging the Health of the State by Its Bank Account"
08/06/00 "Jumble of Regulations and Licensing Just Increases Costs"
July 2000
07/30/00 "Incredible Record for Tax Review Commission"
07/23/00 "Impediments to Better Economy Take Many Forms"
07/16/00 "Indirect Benefits Sometimes Difficult to Comprehend"
07/09/00 "Is This the Death of Common Sense?"
07/02/00 "Is the Business and Economic Climate Better?"
June 2000
06/25/00 "Helping to Make Tax Changes at the National Level"
06/18/00 "Hurdles to Economic Future Thrown Up"
06/11/00 "How Much Can Taxpayers Afford to Pay Public Employees?"
06/04/00 "Helping the Poor with Contributions to IDA's"
May 2000
05/28/00 "Giving Up Flexibility One of the Losses of Earmarking"
05/21/00 "Gotta Get it Right If It is to be a Good Law"
05/14/00 "Gnarled Problem for County and Utility Customers"
05/07/00 "Give Real Property Tax Base a Chance to Grow"
April 2000
04/30/00 "Future Still Uncertain for Economy"
04/23/00 "Funny Tax Proposals Still Alive at Legislature"
04/16/00 "Finding the Money Proves to be a Challenge"
04/09/00 "Financing Hawaii's Energy Independence on the Backs of Families"
04/02/00 "Financing Higher Education Needs Courage and Accountability"
March 2000
03/26/00 "Efforts to Hold the Line on Spending Threatened by Tax Spending"
03/19/00 "Errant Actions Could Cost Everyone More"
03/12/00 "Earmarking Tobacco Settlement Provides Easy Out"
03/05/00 "Efforts of Lawmakers in Disarray"
February 2000
02/27/00 "De-Pyramiding Legislation Raises Many Other Questions"
02/20/00 "De-Pyramiding of Excise Tax Causes Much Confusion"
02/13/00 "Driving the Cost of Interisland Travel and Cargo Up"
02/06/00 "Deceiving Taxpayers with a Hidden Tax Hike"
January 2000
01/30/00 "Contradicting Push for Economic Growth"
01/23/00 "Containing the Size of Government Crucial"
01/16/00 "Can the Economy Really Be Turning Around?"
01/09/00 "Cutting Off Tax Reduction a Possibility"
01/02/00 "Can't Seem to Break that Addiction"
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