Fiscal Responsibility, Formalization, and the Modern Fiscal State

Library Director Fired After Refusing To Remove Hundreds Of LGBT Books From Kids' Section When are these people going to learn to just leave the kids alone? A Tennessee library board has voted 8-3 to remove its top librarian, Luanne James, after she refused to carry out an order to relocate hundreds of LGBT-themed books, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and feminist propaganda books from the children's section of six Rutherford County branch libraries. James was initially ordered to relocate books containing far-left ideology from the juvenile/children's sections to the adult sections of libraries. ...

Crestfallen Commie Mamdani Abandons Planned Property Tax Hike On New Yorkers Looks like NYC's communist mayor has had second thoughts about extracting more taxes by raising New Yorkers' property taxes - something he vowed to do to help close a two-year deficit. According to Bloomberg, the decision to drop the tax hike will be included in Mamdani's executive budget released today, which will mark the latest version of his spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.  This is separate from a tax on second homes (the so-called pied-à-terre) that was initiated by...