Show-Me Minutes

State and Local Government |
By Rick Edlund | Episode Length 1 min

Listen to these minute-long audios from the Show-Me Institute about free-market ideas:

  • Accounting: Missouri is behind in funding its public pensions because of flawed accounting assumptions.
  • Alphabet Soup: Lawmakers offer favored corporations tax subsidies like TIFs, EEZs, TDDs, and many others. Let’s end corporate welfare.
  • School Choice: We have liberty in America, but our kids are assigned to a public school based on where they live. Let’s change that and give school choice a try.
  • Tax Credits: Elected officials gamble your money on their favored corporations. Let’s end corporate welfare.
  • Privatization: Privatization—public services provided by private companies—can deliver needed services at lower costs to taxpayers.

 

About the Author

Rick Edlund is a communications consultant for Show-Me Opportunity, an organization associated with the Show-Me Institute. He left his hometown of Kansas City to become a sportswriter, attending Northwestern Universitys prestigious Medill School of Journalism. It was there that he found his niche...

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