J. Scott Moody

EDUCATION

M.A., Economics

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. May 1999. 

B.S., Economics, with Minor in Computer Information Systems.

Wingate University, Wingate, NC. May 1995.

 

EXPERIENCE

***Please note that television interviews, radio interviews, Op-eds, Blogs and Letters to the Editor are not listed as they are too numerous to mention.***

President, Public Choice Analytics for the U.S. States, Haverhill, NH, January 2006 – Present.  In addition to building and cultivating relationships with various leaders of policy organizations, this position requires collaboration with as well as management of policy personnel.

Member, Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, State of Maine.  Appointed by Governor Paul Lepage, January 2011.

Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist, The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Portland, Maine.  This position required the development of the Center’s policy program as well as management of the policy staff.

Publications:

  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Oklahoma Has Too Many Government Employees and Some Appear to be Injury Prone.” Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “What’s the Largest Industry in Oklahoma ? Government” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, November 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “The Case for Right-to-Work in New Hampshire: Examining the Evidence in Oklahoma.” Volume 1, Issue 4, New Hampshire Center for Economic Policy, November 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “The Economic Benefits of Broadband Expansion in Northern New England.” The Maine Heritage Policy Center, November 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Oklahoma’s Improved Economic Performance Suggests Right to Work is Working.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2011.
  • Author, “The Great Tax Divide: Maine’s Retail Desert vs. New Hampshire’s Oasis.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, April 13, 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Changes in Moody’s Credit Scores Could Cost Oklahoma Dearly.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 2011.
  • Author, “Right-Sizing Maine’s Government Workforce.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, February 23, 2011.
  • Author, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maine’s Pension Payments are Crowding-Out Other Spending.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, February 3, 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “A Look at Births and Deaths of Oklahoma’s Businesses.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, February 2011.
  • Author, “Leaving Illinois: An Exodus of People and Money.” Illinois Policy Institute, January 12, 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “A Look at Oklahoma Business Contractions and Expansions.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, January 2011.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Moving In or Moving Out ? A Look at Oklahoma Business Relocations.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2010.
  • Author, “The Economic Impact of an Enterprise Value Tax on Maine.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, December 1, 2010.
  • Author, “What a Tax Hike Would Do to Oklahoma’s Economy.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, November 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Oklahoma to Trim Family Budgets if Tax Hikes Enacted.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik “Oklahoma’s Pension Crisis: It’s Worse Thank You Think.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, September 2010.
  • Author, “Maine Jobs from Non-Commercial Establishments.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, July 13, 2010.
  • Author, “Maine Jobs from Commercial Establishments.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, July 12, 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Oklahoma’s Private-Sector Share of Income Reaches New Low.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, July 2010.
  • Author, “Maine Job Creation from the In- or Out-Migration of Establishments,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, June 23, 2010.
  • Author, “Maine Job Creation from the Expansion or Contraction of Establishments,” June 22, 2010
  • Co-Author with John Tillman and Wendy Warcholik , “Mission Possible: The Pension Funding and Fairness Act,” Illinois Policy Institute, June 9, 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “State Government Growing Faster than Oklahomans’ Ability to Pay,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 1, 2010.
  • Author, “More Bonds Not with Maine’s Ballooning Unfunded Retiree Liabilities,” Maine Heritage Policy Center , May 18, 2010.
  • Co-Author with David Crocker, “Tax Reform Bill is Too Flawed to Become Law,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, May 12, 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “Voting With Their Feet,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, April 1, 2010.
  • Author, “Warning Signs for Maine’s Economy: New Evidence,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, February 19, 2010.
  • Author, “Understanding Maine’s Business Climate,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, February 3, 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “Ignoring It Won’t Make it Go Away: Connecticut’s $51 Billion Unfunded Retiree Liability,” The Yankee Institute, February 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “Minnesota’s Out-Migration Compounds State Budget Woes,” Freedom Foundation of Minnesota, February 2010.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “How Many Oklahomans Does It Take to Fund One Government Job?,” February 1, 2010.
  • Author, “Testimony Against Raising Taxes to Fill the Budget Gap” Maine Heritage Policy Center, January 13, 2010.
  • Co-author with Wendy Warcholik, “The Government Gravy Train: An Analysis of New Mexico’s Private versus Public Sector Employment and Compensation (Updated),” The Rio Grande Foundation, December 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “How Long Do Oklahomans Work to Pay Their Taxes” December 07, 2009.
  • Co-Author, “Oklahoma’s Government-Employment Problem Persists” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, November 2, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Barry W. Poulson, “Setting the Record Straight on Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, October 11, 2009.
  • Author, “300 Million Reasons Why the Taxpayer Bill of Rights Helps Maine’s Beleaguered Taxpayers,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, September 10, 2009.
  • Author, “Taxpayer Bill of Rights Needed Now More Than Ever : 3400 govt jobs added 13000 private jobs lost,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, September 3, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “Government Spending in Oklahoma: A Runaway Train” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, September 1, 2009.
  • Author, Mainers Face Higher Income Taxes than Canada, France and Italy with Proposed Health Care Surtax,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, August 17, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “Is Oklahoma Addicted to Federal Spending?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, August 3, 2009.
  • Author, “LD 1495: Frankenstein Tax Reform,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, July 7, 2009.
  • Co-Author, “Government Is Crowding Out Oklahoma’s Private Sector,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 30, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “A Look Back at Oklahoma’s Tax Burden,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, May 1, 2009.
  • Author, LD 1088: The Illusion of Tax Reform,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, April 16, 2009.
  • Author, “Questions and Answers on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR),” Maine Heritage Policy Center, April 15, 2009.
  • Author, “Tax Reform – Testimony on LD 1088 Proposal for Maine Tax Relief ,” Maine Heritage Policy Center, April 2, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy Warcholik, “Where’s the Fief?,” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, April 1, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “New Mexico’s State and Local Workforce is Too Big and Overpaid . . . But Where?” Rio Grande Foundation, March 17, 2009.
  • Author, “Raising the Cigarette Tax is a Bad Idea.” Fiscal Sanity Issue 10, Maine Heritage Policy Center, March 17, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Crowding Out Oklahoma’s Private Sector.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 1, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Oklahoma’s Dwindling Private Sector Economy.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 1, 2009.
  • Author, “220 Reasons Why The Taxpayer Bill of Rights Helps Maine’s Taxpayers.” Fiscal Sanity Issue 8, Maine Heritage Policy Center, February 23, 2009.
  • Author, “Is Maine’s Public University System Meeting Needs of the Private Sector?” Fiscal Sanity Issue 7, Maine Heritage Policy Center, February 19, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “How Many Oklahomans Does it Take to Fund One Government Job?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, February 2009
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “The Government Gravy Train: An Analysis of New Mexico’s Private versus Public Sector Employment and Compensation.” Rio Grande Foundation, January 26, 2009.
  • Author, “ Maine’s State Workforce is Too Big and Overpaid… But Where?” Fiscal Sanity Issue 5, Maine Heritage Policy Center, January 22, 2009.
  • Author, “Putting the State Budget Deficit in Perspective.” Fiscal Sanity Issue 4, Maine Heritage Policy Center, January 14, 2009.
  • Co-Author with Brandon Dutcher, “Underpaid? Hey, Me Too!” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Overcrowding on The Government Gravy Train.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Save Connecticut’s Future: Eliminate the Income Tax.” Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Maine Heritage Policy Center, November 2008.
  • Author, “ Maine Spends Too Much… But Where?” Fiscal Sanity Issue 1, Maine Heritage Policy Center, November 12, 2008.
  • Author, “Maine’s Dwindling Private Sector Economy.” Maine Heritage Policy Center, Issue Brief No. 39, November 3, 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Does Education Spending Boost Economic Growth?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, October 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “How Long Do Oklahomans Work to Pay Their Taxes?” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, August 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Oklahomans’ Personal Income: An Analysis of the Public and Private Sector Components.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, July 2008.
  • Author, “Maine People’s Tax Burden Now The Highest Ever!” Maine Issue Brief No. 32, Maine Heritage Policy Center, June 16, 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Rapid Growth In State Spending Threatens Tax Cuts.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, June 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Oklahoma’s CareerTech System.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, March 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “How Many Oklahomans Does It Take to Fund One Government Job?” OCPA Memorandum, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, January 28, 2008.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik. “Overcrowding on the Government Gravy Train.” Perspective Magazine, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, December 2007.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “Tax Cuts Are Not To Blame For Maryland’s Budget Woes.” Maryland Public Policy Institute, October 26, 2007.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “O’Malley’s Sales Tax Hike is Bad News for Maryland.” Washington Examiner, September 24, 2007.
  • Co-Author with Wendy P. Warcholik, “The Risks of Tax Reform in Maryland.” Maryland Public Policy Institute, September 20, 2007.
  • Co-Author with A. Hall and W. Warcholik, “The County-to-County Migration Patterns of Kansas Taxpayers, 1985-2004.” The Center for Applied Economics, University of Kansas, October 2006.
  • Author, “Senator Strimling’s Minimum Wage Proposal is Unnecessary and Destructive, Maine Issue Brief No. 31, March 19, 2008.
  • Author, “The Silent Tax Revolt: Mainers Cross-Border Shopping in New Hampshire II,” Maine Issue Brief No. 30, March 18, 2008.
  • Author, “Transparency-Shedding Light on Government Activities I: How Will Maine Afford Retiree Health Care Benefits for State Employees and Public School Teachers?” Maine Issue Brief No. 29, March 6, 2008.
  • Author, “Tax Savings to Mainers Engaging in Cross-Border Shopping in New Hampshire,” Maine Issue Brief No. 27, January 24, 2008.
  • Author, “Why Taxes Matter,”Maine Insight No. 2, January 2, 2008.
  • Author, “How Many Mainers Does it Take to Fund One State Government Job?”
    Maine Issue Brief No. 26, November 15, 2007.
  • Author, “Maine State Government Employment,” The Maine View, Vol. 5, Issue No. 12, November 13, 2007.
  • Author, “2006 Maine State Government Gravy Train Update,” Maine Issue Brief No. 24, October 25, 2007.
  • Author, “State and Local Expenditure Growth Surpasses Personal Income and Population Growth,” Maine Issue Brief No. 21, August 21, 2007.
  • Author, “2007 Cost of Living Update: First Trimester,” Maine Issue Brief No. 18, June 20, 2007.
  • Author, “Committee Tax Plan not Revenue Neutral,” Maine Issue Brief No. 17, June 13, 2007.
  • Co-Author with Bill Becker, “A Plan to Reform and Reduce Maine’s Taxes,” Maine Issue Brief No. 16, June 6, 2007.
  • Author, “State and Local Tax Collections: Fiscal Year 2005 Update,” Maine Issue Brief No. 15, May 23, 2007.
  • Author, “Maine’s Private Sector Share of Personal Income by County,” Maine Issue Brief No. 14, May 22, 2007.
  • Author, “2006 Cost of Living Update: 4th Quarter,” Maine Issue Brief No. 11, April 9, 2007.
  • Author, “The Sales Tax Compliance Burden,” Maine Issue Brief No. 13, May 18, 2007.
  • Author, “Maine’s Personal Income in 2006: Private Sector Continues to Shrink,” Maine Issue Brief, No. 10, March 27, 2007.
  • Author, “Smoke and Borders: How Tobacco Tax Increases Promote Cross-Border Shopping,”Maine Issue Brief, No. 9, March 6, 2007.
  • Author, “The Fallacy of Tax Exportability,”Maine Issue Brief, No. 7, February 22, 2007.
  • Testimony before the 123rd Maine Legislature, Joint Standing Committee on Taxation, February 12, 2007.
  • Author, “MainePersonal Income: An Analysis of the Private and Public Sector Components.” TheMaine View, Vol. 4, Issue No. 11, December 19, 2006.
  • Author, “Higher Property Taxes for Seasonal Residents is Bad Tax Policy,” Maine Issue Brief, No. 6, December 18, 2006.
  • Author, “Inconvenient Truth. Half-a-Million Dollar Analysis From the Brookings Institution Contains Inaccurate Data,”Maine Issue Brief, No. 5, October 11, 2006.
  • Author, “What Would an Average Level of Taxation Mean to Mainers?,” Maine Issue Brief, No. 4, September 27, 2006.
  • Author, “The Cost of Living in Maine.” The Maine View, Vol. 4, Issue No. 9, September 28, 2006.
  • Author, “High Taxes Lower Economic Performance,”Maine Issue Brief, No. 3, September 19, 2006.
  • Author, “Does Increased Spending Yield Greater Economic Growth? The Answer is No,” Maine Issue Brief, No. 2, August 15, 2006.
  • Author, “An Update on Maine’s State and Local Tax Collections,” Maine Issue Brief, No. 1, August 4, 2006.
  • Author, “A Taxpayer Bill of Rights: The Cure for Maine’s High Taxes,” The Maine View, Vol. 4, Issue No. 5, May 5, 2006.
  • Author, “State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections: How Does Maine Compare,” TheMaine View, Vol. 4, Issue No. 3, March 9, 2006.
  • Author, “Finding a Solution to the Business Equipment Tax: Just Repeal It,” The Maine View, Vol. 4, Issue No. 2, February 22, 2006.
  • Author, “State and Local Tax Collections: How Does Maine Compare,” The Maine View, Vol. 4, Issue No. 1, February 1, 2006.

Senior Policy Analyst / Senior Economist, The Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., November 2004 – December 2005.

Oversee and enhance a micro-simulation model capable of estimating several aspects of theU.S.federal tax code including the income tax and payroll tax among others. The model utilizes a statistically matched dataset between the IRS Public Use File and the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. The matched dataset contains over 530,000 records and over 900 variables with data access and storage via SQL server. Other duties include working collaboratively with other staff members to perform detailed tax and economic analysis of Congressional tax proposals.

Publications:

  • Co-Author, “Repealing Tax Cuts to Pay for Katrina Recovery Would Cost the Gulf Coast, and The Nation, Jobs,” Webmemo #849, September 19, 2005.
  • Co-Author, “Raising the Social Security Wage Cap Would Hurt Small Business,” WebMemo #694, March 17, 2005.

 

Senior Tax Policy Economist, Tax Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1997 -2004.

Perform tax burden estimation and forecasting utilizing proprietary models designed in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and/or Excel. Research and author reports on important tax policy issues at the federal, state and local levels—includes the collection and verification of economic data series from government sources such as the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Present written papers to academic, professional and government audiences. Other duties include regular communications with members of the press—including newspaper, radio and television interviews—and the provision of training to new members of the economic staff.

Special Projects:

    • Develop and maintain a micro-simulation model of theU.S.federal income tax code capable of estimating the effects of tax policy changes on tax revenue and tax liabilities. The model utilizes the IRS Public Use File consisting of over 130,000 records and over 230 variables and is written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 with data access and storage via Microsoft Access.
    • Assist in the development and operation of a statistically matched dataset between the IRS Public Use File and the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. The dataset has also been linked with output generated by the micro-simulation model of theU.S.federal income tax code. The purpose of the dataset is to provide demographic profiles ofU.S.taxpayers. The resulting matched dataset contains over 530,000 records and over 900 variables with data access and storage via SPSS.

Publications:

  • Co-Author, “The Cost of Tax Compliance,” Special Report No. X, November 2005; Author, Special Report No. 118, November 2002; Author, Background Paper No. 35, November 2000.
  • Co-Author, “The State Business Tax Climate Index,” Backgrounder No. X, October 1, 2004. Co-Author, Background Paper No. 41, May 2003.
  • Co-Author, “The Bush Tax Cuts Erased Income Tax Burden for 7.8 Million Families,” Fiscal Fact, August 17, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “Wealthy Americans and Business Activity,” Fiscal Fact, August 1, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “Expanding the Child Credit Part I: A Profile of the Families Benefiting from the $1,000 Per-Child Credit,” Fiscal Fact, May 20, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “Expanding the Child Tax Credit, Part II: A Profile of the 4.6 Million Taxpayers Who Would Benefit from Raising the Phase-Out Threshold to $250,000,” Fiscal Fact, May 20, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “A Profile of the 70 Million Taxpayers Benefiting from the Wider 10-Percent Tax Bracket,” Fiscal Fact, May 12, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “A Profile of Couples Benefiting from Marriage Penalty Relief,” Fiscal Fact, April 27, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “The Growing Class of Americans Who Pay No Federal Income Taxes,” Fiscal Fact, April 14, 2004.
  • Co-Author, “How Tax Competition Affects Cross-Border Sales of Beer in theUnited States,” Background Paper No. 44, March 2004.
  • Co-Author, “Federal Income Taxes and the Cost of Living,” Special Report No. 125, November 2003.
  • Author, “Federal Tax Burden and Expenditure by State,” Special Report No. 124, July 2003; Author, Special Report No. 116, July 2002; Author, Special Report No. 105, July 2001; Author, Special Report No. 98, 2000; Author, Special Report No. 88, July 1999; Co-author, Special Report No. 80, July 1998.
  • Author, “Tax Freedom Day,” Special Report, No. 122, April 2003; Author, Special Report No. 112, April 2002; Author, Special Report No. 104, April 2001; Author, Special Report No. 97, April 2000; Co-author, Special Report No. 87, April 1999.
  • Editor, “Taxpayers Guide to Federal Spending: A Concise Guide to the Budget of the United States Government,” FY 2002 edition, 2001; Editor, FY 2001 edition, 2000; Editor, FY 2000 edition, 1999; Editor, FY 1999 edition, 1998.
  • Testimony, “The Cost of Tax Compliance,” The Oversight Subcommittee of theHouse Waysand Means Committee, Special Brief, July 2001.
  • Editor, “Facts & Figures on Government Finance,” 35th edition, 2001; Editor, 34th edition, 2000; Editor, 33rd edition, 1999; Editor, 32nd edition, 1998.
  • Author, “State Tax Rates and Collections,” Special Report No. 102, February 2001; Special Report No. 95, March 2000; Special Report No. 85, March 1999; Special Report No. 75, February 1998.
  • Testimony, “The Impact of Tax Complexity on Small Business,” The Small Business Subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee, Special Brief, September 2000.
  • Author, “The President’s Fiscal Year 2001 Budget,” Special Report No. 95, February 2000.
  • Co-author, “A Primer on the Economic Implications of Marginal Tax Rates,” Background Paper No. 32, November 1999.
  • Author, “State and Local Property Tax Collections,” Special Report No. 91, October 1999.
  • Author, “Tax Limitation: The Case ofMissouri,” Special Report No. 90, September 1999.
  • Author, “Federal Excise Taxes and the Distribution of Taxes Under Tax Reform,” Background Paper No. 29, June 1999.
  • Co-author, “The Price of Civilized Society,” Special Report No. 86, March 1999; Co-Author, Special Report No. 82, September 1998.
  • Author, “The Federal Corporate Income Tax Since WWII,” Special Report No. 81, August 1998.

 

FELLOWSHIP AND INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Koch Summer Fellowship,WashingtonD.C., Summer 1995

The program stressed skill development in government policy research/writing and media relations.  In addition, the program provided the opportunity to complete an internship with the Tax Foundation and co-authorship of a report on the economic effects of the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit—“Growth of the Earned Income Tax Credit,” Special Report No. 53, September 1995.

 

The Fund for American Studies,WashingtonD.C., Summer 1994

The program afforded the opportunity to complete two economic courses at GeorgetownUniversity.   In addition, the program provided an internship with Citizens for a Sound Economy researching state regulatory issues.

 

SOFTWARE PACKAGES

      • Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and .Net
      • C ++
      • SQL
      • SPSS
      • Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, Publisher, Powerpoint