Table of Contents

Preface........................................................................................................................   5

Part I: The Gordian Knot ..................................................................................... 6

Do Any of Our Leaders Look at the Data?............................................................. 6

Vested Interests.........................................................................................................   8

Higher Business Costs............................................................................................   9

Loss of Businesses, Capital, Talent, and Youth................................................. 10

Corporate Welfare.................................................................................................... 11

Rigging the System and Evading Accountability................................................ 11

Economic Decline................................................................................................... 12

Imagining a Different Future................................................................................... 14

Part II: Restoring Democracy .......................................................................... 15

Interstate Benchmarks............................................................................................ 16

Incentive Based Compensation ........................................................................... 17

Voter Initiative............................................................................................................ 18

Redistricting Reform............................................................................................... 19

Campaign Finance Reform................................................................................... 20

Senate & Assembly Rule Reforms........................................................................ 22

Limits on Public Authority Borrowing.................................................................... 23

Consolidate Local Government and Lower Local Taxes................................. 24

Real Budget Reform................................................................................................ 26

Part III: Igniting an Economic Renaissance............................................... 29

Better Rural and Inner City Education............................................................... .  29

More Employment – Less Social Service............................................................ 31

Workers’ Compensation Reform........................................................................... 32

Competitive Electrical Costs.................................................................................. 33

Medicaid Reform..................................................................................................... 34

Tort Reform .............................................................................................................. 36

Eliminate Some Corporate Income Taxes......................................................... 37

Lower the Estate Tax.............................................................................................. 38

Your Involvement is Essential ...................................................................  . . . . .  39

Initiative Summary.................................................................................................... 43

Table References & Notes .................................................................................... 47

Endnotes  .................................................................................................................. 49

Acknowledgements.................................................................................................. 51

About the Author....................................................................................................... 53

Of Interest:

10/05 Electrical Costs Testimony

5/05 Lord of the Rings

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1/05 From Photo Op to Performance Based Government

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9/04 Why I am Considering Selling Plainville Farms

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