The Fiscal Case Against Statehood: Accounting for Statehood in New Mexico and Arizona

Stephanie D. Moussalli

doi:10.5771/9780739167007

Summary

New Mexico and Arizona joined the Union in 1912, despite the opposition from some of their residents. The Fiscal Case against Statehood examines the concerns of the people who lost the battle over statehood in the two territories. Moussalli examines their territorial and early state governments’ fiscal behavior and reveals that while their fears of steep increases in the cost of government were well-founded, statehood also significantly improved their governments’ accountability for their use of the public purse. She concludes that fiscal officials enabled statehood’s growth in government by improving the financial reports and processes.

Moussalli examines New Mexico’s and Arizona’s financial reports before and after statehood, and compares them to the state of Nevada’s reports as a control. Through detailed, systematic analysis, Moussalli reveals the fiscal costs and accountability gains of statehood for the residents of New Mexico and Arizona.

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Edition: 1/2012
Copyright Year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-6699-4
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-6700-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 222
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. Ch01. Statehood and Leviathan No access
2. Ch02. New Mexico’s Rocky Fiscal Road to Statehood No access
3. Ch03. Arizona’s Rocky Fiscal Road to Statehood No access
4. Ch04. The Statehood Gamble No access
5. Ch05. The Birth of Leviathan No access
1. Ch06. Accountability and Statehood No access
2. Ch07. The Talk No access
3. Ch08. Accountants at the Service of the State No access
4. Ch09. Funds, Assets, Liabilities, Fiscal Years, and Report Timing No access
5. Ch10. Interfund Transfers, Federal Subsidies, Revenues and Expenditures, Tax Rates, and Budgets No access
6. Ch11. The Elements of Accountability No access
Conclusion No access Pages 177 - 186
Appendix No access Pages 187 - 198
Bibliography No access Pages 199 - 214
Index No access Pages 215 - 220
About the Author No access Pages 221 - 222