Tag: Competition
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President Obama Can Find Change In The States
This article appeared on AmericasFuture.org February 5, 2014. President Obama’s State of the Union address has produced a polarizing effect on the nation; some fully support him while others express…
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Competition Leads to Cost-Savings in Water Infrastructure
Every year in North America, 300,000 water main breaks threaten the safety of our communities and place enormous financial burdens on states already struggling to balance budgets. Decisions on how…
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Long on Opinion, Short on Research
The Left-wing Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is out with a new essay attacking the economic basis for low tax, free-market, limited government policy proposals like those laid out in …
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Government Services Competition Act
Government Services Competition Act Summary This model bill provides a general model for state government privatization efforts. States should adapt this model to meet their own particular needs and…
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Regulatory Flexibility Act
Findings: (1) A vibrant and growing small business sector is critical to creating jobs in a dynamic economy; (2) Small businesses bear a disproportionate share of regulatory costs and burdens;…
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Water/Wastewater Utility Public-Private Partnership Act
Water/Wastewater Utility Public-Private Partnership Act {Title, Enacting clause, etc.} Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of [insert state] Section 1. Definitions 1. Governmental agency refers…
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Resolution Opposing Government Mandated Disclosure of Proprietary, Trade Secret Information
Model Policy WHEREAS, vigorous competition leads to market innovations and increased efficiency in all economic sectors; and WHEREAS, the cost structures which underlie market innovations are carefully guarded as proprietary…
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Resolution on Renewable Energy Resources in a Competitive Electricity Marketplace
Resolution on Renewable Energy Resources in a Competitive Electricity Marketplace WHEREAS, new mandates for taxes, fees, and charges are being proposed by federal lawmakers to subsidize renewable energy…
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Susan Crawford’s flawed argument about broadband competition
Susan Crawford, a professor at Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, argues in her interesting and provocative new book Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded…
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No Snake Oil, Life is About Incentives
By Jonathan Small, CPA Many have heard the saying, “You reap what you sow.” This is an undeniable fact of life, reality. Essentially, this saying means that productive…
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Cato Institute Grades Governors on Fiscal Record
The latest edition of the Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors grades the states on economic policies enacted since 2010. Governors that earned an “A” implemented…
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Public-Private Partnerships Forge a Path Forward for Infrastructure Investment
America’s roads, bridges and tunnels have a significant impact on our nation’s economic health. According to a recent study by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), deficiencies in…
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Uber vs. City Hall
Hailing a taxi is one of the most frustrating experiences in modern city life. Unfortunately, city government seems intent on keeping it that way. Uber, a San Francisco-based company,…
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“A Destructive IRS Mandate”
ALEC Alumni Senator Rubio and Representative Posey write in the Miami Herald: The U.S. Treasury is proposing an IRS mandate that will require U.S. deposit institutions such as banks…
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States Target Internet and Telecom for Exorbitant Taxes
State governments are starving for more money to pay for their broken budgets. To feed the budgetary beast, state governments are imposing unusually high taxes on a sector of the…
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Multiple Award Schedule Contracts Act
Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Title} This Act may be cited as the “Multiple Award Schedule Contracts Act” Section 2. {Definitions} The following definitions apply in this…
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Business Exit Interview Act
Business Exit Interview Act Summary To require the Department of Development to compile a report of companies that relocated out of this state and…
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Free Market Constitutional Amendment
Free Market Constitutional Amendment “It is the policy of the state of ___________ that a free enterprise system shall govern trade and commerce in this state to promote…