Editor’s Spotlight: Mandate for Madison

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Our long-awaited Mandate for Madison is complete! This policy blueprint for 2023 includes analysis from leading experts on the key issues facing Wisconsinites. Here are just a few highlights.

• Crime analyst Sean Kennedy writes that lawmakers should increase Milwaukee Police Department force levels to address the explosion of violent crime in our largest city.

• The Tax Foundation’s Katherine Loughead recommends policymakers adopt a flat tax to unleash Wisconsin’s economy and better compete with our neighbors.

• The Badger Institute’s own Jim Bender makes the case for giving every parent the power of school choice.

• AEI’s Angela Rachidi says work requirements are critical for moving people from safety net programs to personal upward mobility.

The Badger Institute has been the leading free-market policy research organization in Wisconsin for 35 years. The Mandate for Madison, which covers issues ranging from education freedom to health care to transportation funding, is one of our most ambitious contributions to the public conversation to date.

Please consider a donation to help us advance these common-sense, free-market reforms in Madison and to continue our cutting edge research on the issues you care about.

Sincerely,

Patrick McIlheran

Director of Policy and Editor, Mandate for Madison

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