"[As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to] 'remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.'" -- Adam Smith

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Local links

Media

• The Bloomington Alternative
• HoosierTimes, the newspaper of record for people who live in a corridor

Property Development

• The Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
• The Bloomington Economic Development Corporation
• The Monroe County Builder's Association
• The Indiana Enterprise Center (Thomson site)

Other

• Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads (CARR)
• City of Bloomington
• Monroe County
• The McDoel Gardens conservation area
• Monroe County Code

Other links

• People 2000: Livability and Freedom An excellent set of (libertarian yet palatable) ideas from the Thoreau Institute for preserving freedom while de-subsidizing growth.
• Public Citizen, a watchdog group which chronicles corporate welfare
• The Smart Growth Network Ways to keep your taxes low by de-subsidizing growth
• The Banneker Center's corporate welfare shame page
• Store Wars A fascinating documentary on the economic, political, and social effects of Big-Box development.
• The Cato Institute's report to Congress on corporate welfare
• The Cato Institute's Policy Analysis on corporate welfare
• DANTH, Inc. Downtown Revitalization Specialists. Some good ideas and papers on re-targeting downtown for big-box development instead of subsidizing it at the urban fringe.
• Sprawl-busters. How to fight tax-sucking big-box stores in your community.
• National Bureau of Economic Research. A good source for economic data and discussion.
• Big-box, Inc. Want to find a Big-Box(TM) store in your state? This link will help!
• Taxpayers for Common Sense
• We love this one. Here a major developer brags about stealing millions in taxpayer funds. Gee, how much did Monroe County taxpayers pay for the private development of "Whitehall Crossing?"
• Tom Paine.common sense Money & Politics/Environment/Media/History
• Green Scissors Sensible tax relief
• The Shils Report On the impact of Mega-Retail Discount Chains on American Small Businesses
• Sprawl-watch clearinghouse
• James Kunstler's homepage. About the prickliest son of a gun around but lots of fun to read
• Citizens for Tax Justice
• How dare they?