Utah to Monitor Gas Prices

Friday, August 15th, 2008

The Deseret News is reporting that Governor Huntsman has ordered the Utah State Department of Commerce to monitor gas prices.
That’s just politics as usual, but I’m alarmed by how many people here in “conservative” Utah are commenting that they want the government to step in and “do something” rather than just “monitor”. It’s like we’re [...]

Big Government Responsible for Housing Bubble

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

 I wish more people understood the substance of this recent article from Ron Paul:
Big Government Responsible for Housing Bubble
The House passed two bills attempting to rehabilitate the housing and mortgage market this week.  There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of criticism and blame for the bad decisions, and rightly so.  Lenders and banks do [...]

Wall Street Journal Voucher Editorial

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Here it is in its entirety.

Wall Street Journal
Union Libel
November 5, 2007
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Utah’s children may not excel in math or English, but their teachers are very good at instructing them in how to run a political campaign. As 2007 achievement test data show another disappointing year for the state’s children, the teachers union is [...]

Anti-Voucher Myths Debunked

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The following is a response to a comment made on an earlier blog post. I address it here partially because of it’s length, but mostly because I think it would be generally beneficial to lots of people who have doubts about Referendum 1.
@ Clint
Actually Referendum 1 will divert money away from public schools. The money [...]

Utah School Voucher Amounts: Dissecting the FUD

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Opponents of Utah’s school voucher bill have ads that denounce the proposed voucher system as flawed because most of Utah’s low-income families would still not be able to afford attendance. But here’s a non-socialistic idea: why not let parents make their own financial decisions?
Even if this proposed voucher amounts weren’t enough at this very moment, [...]

Let Free Market Principles Work for Utah Kids

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I wish everyone in Utah would watch this phenomenal 20/20 video to get a real understanding of the free market principles that would make the voucher system work. It really is a must see.

It’s also enlightening to get a glimpse at the out-of-state union interests that are pouring millions into Utah to try to get [...]