This post first appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat. The consequences for local governments from implementing Florida’s constitutionally mandated $15 minimum wage are now being felt at the local levels. But if the budgetary direction and logic unfolding in Tallahassee is any indication, Florida taxpayers are on a rough road. The constitutional amendment requires local governments…
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Honors Thesis Spotlight: End of Year Spending: The Use-It or Lose-It Dilemma: A Case Study of the U.S. Department of State’s Costly Habit
Use-it or Lose-it spending is a tendency that is widespread in many forms of government that utilize the expiring budget fiscal year model to handle finances. From the immense U.S. Government to the relatively small Florida State University Student Government, we can observe this trend in spending behavior occurring at the end of the fiscal…
How The Minimum Wage Hurts Entire Neighborhoods
This piece first appeared on Forbes.com. There is a lot of debate around the minimum wage. Some see it as a fairly straightforward way to help low-income workers. Others emphasize the negative effect it has on employment. Fewer employment opportunities are bad in their own right, but the harmful effects of minimum wage increases are likely spilling…
Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions 