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Cities Can Save Money, Improve Services, & Boost Economic Opportunity By Embracing Private Sector Finds New Free Cities Center Book
Free Cities Center | February 13, 2023
Sal Rodriguez
Depending on what city you’re living in can make the difference between the success or failure of businesses and communities concludes a new book released today by the Free Cities Center at the nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. The book shows that when city hall gets out of the way, California cities thrive, and prosperity returns to residents and businesses.
“What cities ought to do is establish basic, coherent rules, focus on their competencies, contract out services that can be done as well or better for lower costs than they can, and leave the rest to free people to sort out for themselves,” the author, Sal Rodriguez, argues.
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Diversifying America's supply chains point to a more prosperous economic future
The Spokesman-Review | Sally Pipes
February 11, 2023
Too often, concerns about the resilience of international supply chains devolve into mandates that companies “Buy American.” Such mandates are infeasible in the market for active pharmaceutical ingredients. And they won’t actually prevent the supply chain disruptions that Rep. McMorris Rodgers rightly worries about.
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Florida Governor Introduces Teacher "Bill of Rights." California should take notes.
Right by the Bay | Emily Humpal
February 13, 2023
Relinquishing the hold unions have over the public school system will give teachers more freedom in the classroom to teach, and effectively eliminate the pressure to bring social issues and politics that some may not agree with into their work.
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The ITC Empowers Special Interests To The Detriment Of U.S. Prosperity
Forbes | Wayne Winegarden
February 13, 2023
It is not simply Congress and the President driving the current anti-growth environment, either. Too many regulatory actions from agencies, such as the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), contribute to the anti-growth policy environment that reduce our economic vibrancy.
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