WEBLINKS

Some great websites on NYS budget and policy analysis websites (caution:  can raise your blood pressure)

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/ This has a wealth of resources on the NYS budget, spending and policy.   The MI websites tab on their main page has many budget-related items and is worth a first look IMO.  Below are some of the sub-pages/websites that link from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

http://www.seethroughny.net Allows you to inspect payrolls, contracts, expenditures and more.  Most recent payroll data is 2009, 2010 isn’t up yet.

http://www.empirecenter.org/ Directed primarily at policymakers, but also generally informative.

Sunshine Review (for NYS) – Good dedicated to budget transparency.

Here are some of my favorite Liberty and Libertarian websites.

Staten Island Libertarian Party - Check us out, get involved.  Commentary, events and candidate information.

Ron Paul’s website – Ron Paul has arguably done more to advance the cause of Liberty and Libertarianism than anyone else in my generation.

Serf City – Focuses on local as well as state and national Libertarian issues.  Also comes in print format.

The Daily Bell – A great site dedicated to Libertarian and free market thinking.  Published out of Switzerland.

Call for Liberty – Blog for Ron Paul’s Call for Liberty.

The Freeman – Another Liberty minded site.

My top three favorite economic websites:

Global Economic Analysis – Mike Shedlock’s excellent blog on investing, markets and the effects of government (and a proud Libertarian).

Ludwig Von Mises Institute – Learn about sound economics and more.  A must read for anyone who wants to know how economies really work.

Zero Hedge – Simply the best financial reporting on the web.  An antidote to the financial MSM and government misinformation.