By Lawrence W. Reed The following contains excerpts from a speech given by Larry Reed, an adjunct scholar with the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and president emeritus of the Midland, Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, to the Economic Club of Detroit in 2001. The spee...
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The Texas Public Policy Foundation has released, "Keys to an Effective Drug Policy." The highlights of the release are below: Drug Courts. Drug courts are a proven alternative to incarceration for low level drug offenders. Drug courts offer intensive judicial oversight of offende...
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Delaware has enacted significant reforms in recent years to improve its criminal justice system, balancing the need for public safety with the goal of rehabilitating offenders who are amenable to change. Despite this progress, Delaware faces significant criminal justice challenges. Fortunately, ther...
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The historic initiative of President Obama’s first month in office is the Trillion Dollar Stimulus Package passed with little time, oversight, analysis or comprehensive bipartisan perspective. Its probability of success as a stimulus vehicle is also widely in question. It was pretty much accep...
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The individuals who gathered in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 to declare the independence of the original thirteen Colonies from England did so at great peril because they were, as a group, among the wealthiest and better educated citizens with the most to lose if their efforts failed.
State Senator Colin Bonini has created a power point presentation that highlights Delawares Bad Habit....over spending. We have posted Senator Boninis presentation for visitors to view.
The simple point is: we need to rethink how we pursue government spending and re-prioritize the numbers we use so that we can start anew. In doing so, remember the following from economist John Maynard Keynes: “Nor should the argument seem strange that taxation may be so high as to defe...
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It is time for Delaware to act on sentencing reform.
The importance of sentencing reform to Delaware.
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