https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/07/31/post-hoc-or-propter-hoc-public-union-malfeasance-meets-academic-pusillanimity/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:44:47 -0400<![CDATA[A couple of days ago, in a column called &#8220;Phony Cuts/Real Taxes,&#8221; I reproduced here a chart from Connecticut&#8217;s Yankee Institute for Public Policy that contrasted the growth of the state&#8217;s population for the last several decades &#8212; only a tiny uptick &#8212; with the growth of state expenditures: Yes, that&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s up, up, up and away! The increase is prodigious all along, but it really gets going after the &#8220;temporary&#8221; (ha, ha) state income tax came on line in 1991.]]>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:00:24 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2011/07/31/post-hoc-or-propter-hoc-public-union-malfeasance-meets-academic-pusillanimity-n116616