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Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell is the President & CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.
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Douglas Carswell
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February 23, 2023
Fixing Jackson?
The state stepping in to do what city officials cannot or will not do might even make the municipal accountability problem worse. Mississippi’s legislature has focused a lot on Jackson this session. A bill that could have helped create more Charter Schools died in committee. Another seeking to give voters the power to recall elected…
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Douglas Carswell
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February 14, 2023
Will Mississippi join the education revolution?
It seems that there are more moms and dads that want change. An education revolution is underway across America. Last week, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the newly elected governor of Arkansas, announced a plan to introduce universal school choice. By 2025, every family in Arkansas will be given an Education Freedom Account for each child. This…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 23, 2023
Will Congress raise the debt ceiling (again)?
By borrowing, rather than raising taxes, those in Washington D.C. have been able to find money for their various boondoggles. The United States was founded on the principle that there should be ‘no taxation without representation’ – and adherence to that principle helped keep government small for much of America’s history. Throughout the nineteenth and…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 14, 2023
Why tax cuts are far better than a rebate
A cut in taxes is recurring. With a tax rebate you get a one-off grant – given in an election year. What’s the difference between a tax cut and a tax rebate? This question may feature prominently during the current legislative session in Jackson. A tax cut means lowering the amount of tax taken from…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 3, 2023
A Responsible Budget for Mississippi
Any increase in government spending should not exceed the rate of population growth plus inflation. Mississippi recently made some significant tax cuts. Thanks to the 2022 Mississippi Tax Freedom Act, over a million Mississippi workers will be better off as the state income tax rate is reduced from around 7 percent to a flat 4…
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Sarah Ulmer
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Sarah Ulmer
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Sid Salter
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May 1, 2024
County Hall of Fame celebrates some bygone values in the current athletics landscape
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Douglas Carswell
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April 30, 2024
Mississippi to change school funding. Here’s why it’s such a big deal
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Russ Latino
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April 30, 2024
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