James M. Hohman, Director of Fiscal Policy

Severe Lockdowns Show Up In State Unemployment Rates

Blog | January 7, 2021

A Call to Cut the Income Tax

Blog | December 11, 2020

Michigan Needs to Clean Up Medicaid Spending and Eligibility

Blog | December 10, 2020

How Michigan Should Be More Transparent About Jobs Deals

Blog | November 30, 2020

Michigan at Significant Risk of a 2021 Tax Hike

Blog | November 17, 2020

Less Road Funding from the Road-Fixing Governor

Blog | November 12, 2020

Report: Give Local Governments More Money, But Don’t Ask Taxpayers

Blog | November 11, 2020

Michigan Lawmakers Make Progress on Pension Debts

Blog | November 5, 2020

Lawmakers Approve $59.2 million in New Business Subsidies

Blog | October 28, 2020

Just How Much Funding Do Our State Lands Need? A Close Look at Proposal 1

Blog | October 27, 2020

State Budget Recovers From Pandemic

Blog | October 21, 2020

Michigan Voters Could Change How Land Resources Are Spent

Pressroom | October 16, 2020

35 Years of Excuses for Bad Policy

Blog | October 1, 2020

Budget 2021: State of Corporate and Industry Handouts

Blog | September 30, 2020

Alcohol Control Policies Enrich Select Interests

Blog | September 23, 2020

Giving Credit to the Dog That Didn’t Bark

Blog | September 9, 2020

Don’t Use Pandemic as Excuse to Raise State Taxes

Blog | August 27, 2020

When Public Servants Mislead the Public

Blog | August 19, 2020

Michigan School Funding Deal Chooses Schools Over Schoolchildren

Blog | August 18, 2020

Internship Program Brings Long-Term Benefits to Mackinac Center, Freedom Movement

IMPACT Magazine | August 15, 2020

Persuasion, Education, Reputation More Powerful Than Executive Orders

Blog | August 5, 2020

Tax Credit Programs Can Increase, Not Decrease, Government Spending

Viewpoints | August 3, 2020

The Overhyped Conflict Between Cities and Suburbs

Blog | July 28, 2020

Tax Credit Programs Can Look A Lot Like Government Spending

Blog | July 20, 2020

Revisit Spending Priorities

Blog | July 1, 2020

Michigan Can Reopen Without Business Subsidy Deals

Blog | June 22, 2020

Budgeting in The Pandemic

IMPACT Magazine | June 9, 2020

Less Driving Means Fewer Gas Taxes

Viewpoints | June 8, 2020

Michigan Unemployment Skyrockets in COVID-19 Pandemic

Blog | June 1, 2020

Michigan’s State Government Can Afford to Operate With Less Revenue

Blog | May 28, 2020

Less Driving Means Less Gas Tax Revenue

Blog | May 26, 2020

Governor Still Needs Legislators Even When They Are Suing

Blog | May 13, 2020

Michigan Lawmakers Ought to Consider Budget Savings Before Tax Hikes or Debt

Blog | May 5, 2020

Michigan Heads Into Uncertainty as Dispute May Allow Emergency Orders to Expire

Blog | April 30, 2020

How the Pandemic Will Affect Public Sector Pension Plans

Blog | April 16, 2020

Mackinac Center Signs Letter Calling to Loosen Restriction on Federal Aid to States

Blog | April 14, 2020

Michigan’s Personal Income Tax During Pandemic

Blog | April 10, 2020

Gov. Whitmer Vetoes Unnecessary Spending

Blog | March 30, 2020

The Safety Net Already There: Unemployment Insurance

Blog | March 26, 2020

Reporting or Promoting?

Blog | March 24, 2020

Working Across the Aisle to Open the Books on Billions in Select Incentives

IMPACT Magazine | March 23, 2020

Michigan House Bill Package Increases Road Funding Without Raising Taxes

Blog | March 9, 2020

Giving Public Dollars To Private Interests Violates The Public Interest

Blog | March 4, 2020

Limiting Local Government Revenue in a Democracy

Viewpoints | March 3, 2020

Strengthen State Spending Limits

Blog | February 24, 2020

Michigan Wins by Attracting Everyone

Blog | February 21, 2020

Use Better Assumptions to Pay for Pensions

Blog | February 19, 2020

Road Funding Debate is Not About Roads

Blog | February 19, 2020

How Tax Policy Gets Poked Full of Holes

Blog | February 12, 2020

Déjà Vu: Road Funding Debate Tops the List of Michigan Issues

IMPACT Magazine | February 10, 2020

Corporate Welfare Reform Legislation Introduced

Viewpoints | February 4, 2020

Michigan Can Spend its Fuel Taxes on Roads

Blog | February 4, 2020

Better Economy Means More Tax Dollars

Blog | January 27, 2020

More Attention for Interstate Compacts to Eliminate Business Subsidies

Blog | January 21, 2020

Road Debt Gives Michigan Little Other Than Interest Payments

Blog | January 16, 2020

A Good Economy Means More State Revenue Without a Tax Hike

Blog | January 14, 2020

Michigan on Pace for Smallest Increase in Business Subsidies in Years

Viewpoints | January 13, 2020

Public Transit: Moving Few at a Huge Expense

Blog | January 9, 2020

States Should Learn From Business Subsidy Disappointments

Blog | January 6, 2020

Michigan Lawmakers on Pace for the Smallest Increase in Business Subsidies

Blog | January 6, 2020

Politicians Get Too Much Blame — and Credit — for Economic Trends

Blog | December 11, 2019

The Unintended Results of Michigan’s Divided Government

Viewpoints | December 9, 2019

The Return of Socialism is About the Political Divide

Blog | November 21, 2019

Targeted Tax Preferences are Unfair

Blog | November 12, 2019

The Bipartisan State Budget

Blog | November 4, 2019

Public Servants Should Deliver More Than a List of Adjectives

Blog | October 22, 2019

What Happens Now to Roads in Michigan

Blog | October 17, 2019

Economic Growth Drives Budget Priorities

Blog | September 26, 2019

Selective Favors to Companies Won’t Create Jobs

Blog | September 23, 2019

Senate Bill Revitalizes Skepticism about Corporate Handouts

Blog | September 12, 2019

State Should Enact Budget, Debate Road Funding Another Day

Viewpoints | September 9, 2019

Local Governments Must Confront Billions in Pension Debt

Viewpoints | September 9, 2019

Michigan’s Ineffective, Unfair and Expensive Corporate Handouts

Blog | September 9, 2019

Extension of Mislabeled Good Jobs for Michigan Program Would Be Added to the Business Subsidy Scorecard

Blog | September 5, 2019

Lawmakers Shouldn’t Bend to Bad Road Funding Policy To Meet Arbitrary Road Deadline

Blog | August 15, 2019

Let Corporate Handouts Expire

Blog | August 15, 2019

No More Secret Taxpayer Cash for Companies

Blog | August 7, 2019

More Revenue in Lansing Seems Like a Higher Priority To Gov. Whitmer Than Fixing The Roads

Blog | August 6, 2019

Dear Michigan Press: Where’s the Tax-Hike Fever?

Blog | August 2, 2019

Cut the Budget, Raise Taxes or Wait

Blog | July 30, 2019

Township Wants Higher Taxes to Pay for Optional Employment Benefit

Blog | July 19, 2019

How to Prioritize the Budget to Spend $1 Billion More on the Roads in a Single Year

Blog | July 12, 2019

Not Much Difference Between Current Corporate Handouts and Recliner Subsidies

Blog | July 9, 2019

Universities or Roads?

Blog | June 28, 2019

And Another Thing About Roads...

Blog | June 25, 2019

Growth Fuels Budget Priorities in House and Senate Budgets

Blog | June 18, 2019

Michigan’s Auto Industry Matters Less to the State Workforce

Blog | June 12, 2019

Michigan Road Funding at Record Levels Without Proposed Tax Hike

Blog | June 6, 2019

Funding Roads By Taxing Users Will Only Happen if People Care to Fund Roads By Taxing Users

Blog | May 31, 2019

An Interstate Compact to Eliminate Corporate Welfare

IMPACT Magazine | May 28, 2019

County Road Commissions Fill Pension Potholes

Blog | May 24, 2019

If You Seek a Pleasant Road Funding Plan, Look About You

Blog | May 17, 2019

Michigan May Have Turned a Corner on the Costs of State Employment

Blog | May 14, 2019

Better Pension Assumptions Protect Taxpayers

Blog | May 8, 2019

College Funding Plans Should Encourage Competition

Blog | May 6, 2019

Hike Taxes — Or Just Wait A Half Year

Blog | April 30, 2019

Local Governments Get a Raise From Property Tax Payers

Blog | April 10, 2019

Roads going for less than $2.5 billion

Blog | April 4, 2019

Say No to Business Subsidies

Blog | April 2, 2019

Michigan Grew Most When Business Subsidies Were Illegal

Blog | March 21, 2019

James M. Hohman

Director of Fiscal Policy

By James M. Hohman