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Free market competition improves public education, too
Tweet Free market advocates and thinkers argue that market forces and competition motivate businesses and entrepreneurs to innovate and create new goods and services that improve peoples’ lives. Over time those goods and services become better and often less … Continue reading
Why has no one replicated America?
Tweet Here’s a question: If America’s Constitution, Bill of Rights, system of government and free market economy are the best solutions humankind has ever conjured to govern itself, why has no other country closely replicated our systems and, correspondingly, … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Free market, Limited Government, Miscellaneous
Tagged America, Constitution, Founders
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Families’ private flights unleash a storm of envy
Tweet Hundreds of commenters on the New York Times website had a tantrum over a story this week about families that charter private jets to send their children to summer camp in the Northeast U.S. These enraged readers see … Continue reading
Should Utah eliminate safety and emissions tests?
Tweet Representative John Dougall (R-Dist. 27) wants to pass a bill in the 2012 legislative session that would eliminate safety inspections entirely and loosen requirements for emissions testing. He argues that these requirements are unnecessary for many cars and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Free market, Regulation
Tagged John Dougall, regulation, safety and emissions
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Faith, family, free markets: fertile ground for happiness
Tweet America’s founders believed that God endowed us with “certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and “that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.” Let’s focus on the third … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Free market, Freedom, Religion
Tagged civil society, faith, family, free market, happiness
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Economic gardening: helping entrepreneurs grow Utah’s economy
Tweet Last night, Ernst & Young presented Entrepreneur of the Year awards to nine Utah entrepreneurs who were recognized as being innovative and influential. This recognition is important because entrepreneurs are the engine of Utah’s economic prosperity. Entrepreneurs are … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development, Free market
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How to make health care more affordable: Part 1
Tweet According to a study by McKinsey & Co., once the federal government begins to penalize businesses for not offering health insurance to their employees and subsidizes individual health insurance plans under Obamacare (starting in 2014), “almost one-third of … Continue reading
Posted in Free market, Health Care
Tagged HDHP, health care, HSA, insurance, Medicaid, Obamacare
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West Valley City to own $30 million hotel
Tweet West Valley City is providing a loan of $30 million to a private developer to build a hotel as part of the city’s Fairbourne Station project. If the hotel fails, then the city will be responsible for covering any … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economic Development, Free market
Tagged Fairbourne Station, hotel, Mike Winder, West Valley City
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Salt Lake City golf courses in the rough
Tweet When a golf course falls on hard times, then what? If the golf course is privately owned, the owners figure out the answers, or they lose their business. They alone are responsible for covering their financial obligations or finding … Continue reading
GOED board meeting: 2 new subsidies, bratwurst and ‘economic gardening’
Tweet At this month’s meeting for the Board of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), the board approved two new corporate tax subsidies and discussed efforts to grow businesses in rural Utah through an approach called “economic gardening.” … Continue reading