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1. The first three were Stephen Moore, "A Fiscal Policy
Report Card on America's Governors," Cato Institute Policy
Analysis no. 167, January 30, 1992; Stephen Moore and Dean
Stansel, "A Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's
Governors: 1994," Cato Institute Policy Analysis no. 203,
January 28, 1994; and Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel, "A
Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 1996,"
Cato Institute Policy Analysis no. 257, July 26, 1996. All
are available at the Cato Institute's Web site: www.cato.
org.
2. David Broder and Dan Balz, "Softer Issues Aid GOP in
Gubernatorial Races," Washington Post, August 5, 1998, p. A1
3. Stephen Moore, "Read Our Lips: The Tax Revolt Lives,"
Reason, June 1992, pp. 40-45.
4. Stephen Moore, "In the States: Everything's Coming Up
Supply Side," A. B. Laffer and V. A. Canto Associates, San
Diego, August 1995.
5. George Pataki, Speech before the Heritage Foundation,
March 1996.
6. Stephen Moore, "State Spending Splurge: The Real Story
behind the Fiscal Crisis in State Government," Cato
Institute Policy Analysis no. 152, May 23, 1991.
7. National Association of State Budget Officers, "The
Fiscal Survey of States," May 1998 and previous editions.
8. National Association of State Budget Officers, "The
Fiscal Survey of States: May 1998."
9. Dana Milbank, "For Republican Governors, Spending Isn't
a Dirty Word Anymore," Wall Street Journal, February 17,
1998, p. A24.
10. National Association of State Budget Officers, "The
Fiscal Survey of States: December 1997," p. 13.
11. Jonathan Walters, "The Myth of the Meataxe," Governing,
February 1998, pp. 17-20.
12 "Sales Tax Mania," editorial, Wall Street Journal,
December 23, 1997, p. A14.
13 Moore and Stansel, "A Fiscal Policy Report Card on
America's Governors: 1996," p. 2.
14. Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel, "Tax Cuts and Balanced