Wealth & Money Quote by Kenny Guinn

“Double digit increases” is the kind of bloodless triumph politicians love because it sounds like a fact and functions like a verdict. Kenny Guinn isn’t just reporting numbers; he’s staging reassurance. In a state whose public services have long been constrained by a narrow tax base and a fierce anti-tax political culture, revenue growth becomes a proxy for competence. The phrasing “once again” quietly claims a pattern, not a fluke, and invites voters and businesses to treat Nevada as predictable - the single most valuable trait in an economy built on volatility.

The subtext is a careful act of balance: celebrating government intake without sounding like government is taking too much. Guinn threads that needle by crediting the “desirable business climate,” implying low friction for employers and investors, then pairing it with “booming tourism,” a sector Nevada can brag about without apologizing. Tourism revenue feels earned, almost frictionless, as if visitors are paying the bill voluntarily. That’s politically safer than admitting the state might need structural tax reform.

Context matters because Nevada’s economic “stability” is always conditional. The sentence works as a preemptive rebuttal to two anxieties: that a service-heavy, tourism-driven economy is a house of cards, and that growth requires sacrificing the state’s pro-business identity. Guinn’s rhetorical move is to collapse prosperity and policy into one neat loop: revenues are up because the climate is right, so keep the climate right. It’s a message aimed as much at bond markets and boardrooms as at constituents.