Thomas Savidge

@thomas_savidge

Research Fellow at @aier. @FreeConTalk
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Joined September 2016

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Thomas Savidge @thomas_savidge May 18

Great to be on @FoxBusiness @Varneyco

American Institute for Economic Research Verified account @aier May 11

AIER's @thomas_savidge discusses how increasing taxes often results in more bloated and less efficient governments.

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Thomas Savidge @thomas_savidge Nov 3

On #ElectionDay2026, read @peter_c_earle @CoolidgeFdn on the role gold can play in sound budgeting
coolidgereview.com/articles/gold-…

Although the gold-anchored dollar did not eliminate fiscal excess, it imposed economic pressures that eventually brought discipline. Governments that spent excessively could encounter gold outflows, tighter credit, rising borrowing costs, falling prices, recessions, rising unemployment, or currency devaluation.

These were pressures that Coolidge and Mellon sought to avoid. In their view, prudent budgeting was not merely sound governance but also necessary to maintain monetary credibility and avoid the economic pains other nations experienced.

Thomas Savidge @thomas_savidge Nov 1

Reading @bradleybirzer's "The Twilight Country of October" in the waning hours of Halloween.
theimaginativeconservative.org/2025/10/twilig…

However we choose to look at it, October thrills and titillates each of our senses and reaches into the very depths of our suspect souls, whether we actually encounter the dead or merely imagine their various states of being.

Thomas Savidge @thomas_savidge Oct 30

In @CivitasOutlook I discuss how technical changes in fiscal rules can affect fiscal discipline. #California history can help inform debates over TABOR in #Colorado
civitasoutlook.com/research/will-…

Proposition NN will change how TABOR operates and raise an important question about fiscal sustainability. California’s history shows that cumulative changes to formulas, exclusions, and refund requirements can make a rule less binding without removing it from the state’s constitution.

Thomas Savidge @thomas_savidge Oct 28

In @aier @thedailyeconomy, I discuss Benjamin Jaros @HooverInst & @joshrauh's excellent analysis of the #California wealth tax.
thedailyeconomy.org/article/califo…

California’s income tax changes provide a cautionary tale. In 2012, voters approved Proposition 30, an increase on the existing 9.3 percent personal income tax rates on higher incomes through the end of 2018. These temporary increases were then extended through 2030, when voters approved Proposition 55 in 2016. Once government spending has been promised, it is tempting for policymakers to turn “one time” into “one more time.”