James M. Hohman, Director of Fiscal Policy

Use Extra Community College Money to Lower the Income Tax

Blog | February 28, 2017

New Subsidies More about Political Development than Economic Development

Blog | February 20, 2017

State Pension Funds Move To Risky Investments

Blog | February 15, 2017

Lawmakers Say No to Business Subsidies

IMPACT Magazine | February 8, 2017

Legislators Should Give Taxpayers the Income Tax Cut They Deserve

Blog | February 7, 2017

Where did the Money from Higher Transportation Taxes Go?

Viewpoints | February 6, 2017

Michigan Taxpayers Don’t Need to Spend $4 Billion Annually on Infrastructure

Blog | February 2, 2017

Real Economy Creates 81 Jobs For Every 1 Promised by Business Subsidy Program

Blog | January 31, 2017

What Happens When the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Ends?

Blog | January 24, 2017

School Retirement System Continues to Harm Members

Blog | January 13, 2017

Clean Michigan Initiative Not the Only Remediation Fund

Blog | January 10, 2017

Where the Money from Higher Transportation Taxes Goes

Blog | January 5, 2017

2016 Was Good For Michigan

Blog | December 21, 2016

Plenty of Good Reasons to Oppose Business Subsidies

Blog | December 16, 2016

Subsidies Bad For Taxpayers

Blog | December 15, 2016

Time To Fix MPSERS Pension Problem

Blog | December 15, 2016

Profiles in Courage in Defense of Taxpayers

Blog | December 12, 2016

The Decline and Possible Return of Corporate Welfare in Michigan

IMPACT Magazine | December 12, 2016

Michigan’s Pension Bureaucrats Mislead Policymakers and the Public

Pressroom | December 2, 2016

Pension Officials Mislead Lawmakers

Blog | December 2, 2016

Policy Experts Available to Discuss Key Lame Duck Bills

Pressroom | November 29, 2016

Unions Fight their Members’ Interests on Pensions

Blog | November 23, 2016

Michigan Employers Create Thousands of Jobs without the Aid of Politicians

Blog | November 16, 2016

Michigan Local Government Revenues Strong Despite Complaints

Blog | October 31, 2016

Defined-Contribution Plans Help State Credit

Blog | October 24, 2016

$1 Billion of Tax Money Thrown Into a Growing Deficit

Blog | October 18, 2016

Here's Why You Deserve a State Income Tax Cut

October 13, 2016

Survey: Schools Satisfied as Support Service Contracting Hits Record High

IMPACT Magazine | October 7, 2016

Blown Away

IMPACT Magazine | October 7, 2016

Education Union Should Be Voice For Pension Reform

Blog | October 3, 2016

The Lose-Lose Situation in Pension Funding

Blog | September 30, 2016

State Policies Created School Pension Pain

Blog | September 29, 2016

Time to End the 21st Century Jobs Fund

Blog | September 25, 2016

Study Recommends Ending Michigan’s 21st Century Jobs Fund

Pressroom | September 15, 2016

Understand the Emergency Manager Law Before Changing It

CapCon | September 14, 2016

Michigan’s Quiet Success in Containing Retiree Health Care Costs

Blog | September 12, 2016

Flashy Projects Generate Taxpayer Losses

Blog | September 12, 2016

New Study Calls for More Spending to Provide Nothing

Blog | September 8, 2016

Privatization Remains a Popular Practice with School Districts

Viewpoints | September 7, 2016

Multiplier Analyses Are Prone to Abuse

Blog | September 2, 2016

Seventy Percent of School Districts Contract Out for Food, Custodial or Transportation Services

Pressroom | August 16, 2016

Business Climate, Not Cronyism, Key to Michigan’s Future Growth

Blog | August 12, 2016

A Quick Brief on the Housing Recovery in Michigan

Blog | July 28, 2016

Calls to Expand Michigan’s Economic Development Programs Fall Short

Blog | July 27, 2016

College Spending No Guarantee of Economic Success

IMPACT Magazine | July 25, 2016

Counting Government Workers Tells Little About the Quality of Government

Blog | July 21, 2016

Blown Away By Flawed Research on Jobs Program

Blog | July 12, 2016

I Don’t Have Answers to These Questions

Blog | June 28, 2016

State Government Up to Its Eyeballs in Pension Debt

Blog | June 20, 2016

Presidential Candidates Talk Trade; Mackinac Center Work Comes to Forefront

IMPACT Magazine | June 10, 2016

Rumors of Taxpayer Spending

Blog | June 3, 2016

Municipal Revenues Up Despite Arguments to the Contrary

Blog | June 1, 2016

Local Governments Cry Poor but Act Rich

Blog | May 20, 2016

High Taxes Lack a Guarantee of Quality Services: See Detroit

Blog | May 18, 2016

Pension Costs Are Crowding Out Public Safety

Blog | May 9, 2016

Job Churn Shows Why Targeted Tax Favors Do Not Work

Blog | May 6, 2016

Detroit Public Schools Debt Largely Not Supported By Additional Taxpayer Dollars

Blog | May 4, 2016

Stopping University Tuition Hikes Would Cost Nearly $3 Billion

Blog | April 26, 2016

State Employees' Average Cost Up to $117,000

CapCon | April 25, 2016

Closing Pensions for State Employees in 1990s Saved Michigan Millions Today

Blog | April 14, 2016

Reasons to be Optimistic Abound in Michigan Economy

Blog | April 8, 2016

End the 21st Century Jobs Fund

Viewpoints | April 4, 2016

Are Michigan's Record Labor Force Gains Real?

Blog | March 24, 2016

Legislature Considers Limiting Undemocratic Tax Hikes

IMPACT Magazine | March 17, 2016

Why You Should Care About Government Employee Pensions

IMPACT Magazine | March 17, 2016

New Bill Fixes a Pension Problem, Leaves Major Problem Untouched

Blog | March 15, 2016

Despite Candidate Rhetoric, Michigan Exports to Mexico Continue to Gain

Blog | March 9, 2016

NPR Quotes Hohman to Correct Sanders

Blog | March 7, 2016

Michigan Corporate Welfare’s Secret Giveaway: $1 Billion in 2016

Blog | March 7, 2016

Tax Cuts Beat Selective Favors in Boosting Economic Growth

Viewpoints | March 7, 2016

Charter Schools Are Not to Blame for Pension Woes

Blog | March 4, 2016

Grand Rapids: Michigan's Boomtown

Blog | February 24, 2016

Governor’s Budget Pays for Medicaid Expansion with a Gas Tax

Blog | February 11, 2016

Higher Education Subsidies: Is College More ‘Affordable’ for Those Who Don’t Go?

Blog | February 10, 2016

Tax Cuts Beat Selective Favors in Economic Growth

Blog | February 4, 2016

School Transportation News Features Center Study

Blog | February 2, 2016

College Grads Attracted to Opportunity Before Bike Lanes

Blog | February 1, 2016

Pension Reform Failure Cost Michigan Taxpayers $6 Billion or More

Blog | January 25, 2016

Michigan Universities Doing Just Fine

Blog | January 14, 2016

The Real Problem with Government Pensions

Blog | January 5, 2016

Survey Reveals How Schools in Different States Compare in Privatizing Services

Pressroom | December 15, 2015

Don’t Blame Employees for Pension Underfunding

Blog | December 15, 2015

School Support Service Privatization: A Five-State Survey

CapCon | December 15, 2015

Pension Underfunding Has a Cause — But it is Not Smaller Workforces

Blog | December 9, 2015

Misdiagnosing the Cause of Pension Problems

Blog | December 1, 2015

House Members Right to Be Skeptical of Server Farm Favors

CapCon | December 1, 2015

Capping Retirement Contributions Changes Few District Incentives

Blog | November 18, 2015

Do Not Assume Economic Development Spending is Effective

Blog | November 13, 2015

Pension Predictions Fall Short

Blog | October 28, 2015

House Road Bill Could Be Better, but a Step in the Right Direction

Blog | October 22, 2015

Beware Claims of State Budget Cuts

Blog | October 15, 2015

Mackinac Center Uncovers Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Going to “Economic Development” Without Disclosure

IMPACT Magazine | October 1, 2015

Tax Cuts on Sale: Save Up to 10 Percent on Income Tax Rate Cuts

CapCon | September 24, 2015

How to Improve Economic Development Transparency

Blog | September 23, 2015

Schoolchildren, Teachers, Taxpayers Harmed When Pension Managers Assume Too Much

Blog | August 28, 2015

Unions Should Get Serious About Pension Underfunding

Blog | August 26, 2015

Results of Privatization Survey Published in State Media

Blog | August 19, 2015

School Support Service Contracting Reaches 70.8 percent

Pressroom | August 18, 2015

Number of Michigan Schools Privatizing Services Grows to 70 Percent

Blog | August 17, 2015

Politicians Misrepresent Road Funding Bills to Promote Tax Hike

CapCon | August 17, 2015

James M. Hohman

Director of Fiscal Policy

By James M. Hohman