tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post2754798636597137102..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Guest Post About County Fiscal Policy And JobsJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-62543110436481944902009-11-23T09:36:57.887-06:002009-11-23T09:36:57.887-06:00The county has a fiscal policy? Ha.
Nice post. Co...The county has a fiscal policy? Ha.<br /><br />Nice post. Correlation doesn't equal causation. I think the other<br />factors that he mentioned, and especially the state of the larger<br />economy, are going to overwhelm any positive or negative effect that<br />relatively minor changes in local property tax may have on local jobs.<br /><br />You'd have to try to cancel out larger factors - national GDP and state taxes/incentives for example - to even have a chance to look at the relevance of local taxes. For all we know, it could be that the<br />national economy took Milwaukee down in those years, but county tax<br />cuts made the downward spiral less significant than it would have otherwise been. Doubt it, but you can't tell.Nathaniel Holtonhttp://www.twitter.com/nfholtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-26290880516343947762009-11-20T11:25:29.420-06:002009-11-20T11:25:29.420-06:00Always heartwarming to see a Poli-Sci Egghead acti...Always heartwarming to see a Poli-Sci Egghead acting like they understands economics.<br /><br />And using questionable & inappropriate statistics to support their conclusions is just a standard part of the bureaucratic playbook.Anon Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104701158693144160noreply@blogger.com