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Government programs come with expansion of government, unintended consequences and regulations. We need to vet government programs because they also can create dependencies on services that can be filled in a less costly solutions. ## \[Government-Sponsored Development—Less Than Meets the Eye\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/government-sponsored-development-less-than-meets-the-eye) Monday, 09 March 2015 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/458/b2ap3\_large\_DataCenterSign.jpg) </a>"We need to look like we are doing something for that community." Wyoming Sen. Wasserberger, Joint Appropriations Committee, January 26, 2015 Facing declining mineral tax revenues, the desire to continue spending and the inability, so far, to raid the rainy day fund, Gov. Mead's push to diversify the economy to create jobs and generate more tax rev... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/government-sponsored-development-less-than-meets-the-eye) ## \[Is ACA Causing Health Care Quality Downgrade?\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/is-aca-causing-health-care-quality-downgrade) Sunday, 08 March 2015 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Wyoming Liberty Staff It has now been five years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. Notoriously known as "Obamacare", this highly debated reform - probably the most complicated piece of legislation in U.S. history - is still dispensing unintended consequences. With yet another case related to the ACA being heard... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/is-aca-causing-health-care-quality-downgrade) ## \[Special Needs Students Are More Likely To Be Arrested In School\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/special-needs-students-are-more-likely-to-be-arrested-in-school) Thursday, 26 February 2015 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) by Tom Rose Over the last few months I have been researching juvenile justice issues with a particular focus on how to keep kids out of jail. While writing about my findings I have explored the disturbing national phenomenon of extremely young kids being arrested. This research has also uncovered the troubling connection between police officers (SR... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/special-needs-students-are-more-likely-to-be-arrested-in-school) ## \[Tax and Gouge Task Force\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/tax-and-gouge-task-force) Thursday, 12 February 2015 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) Facing a state budget deficit, declining revenues and the desire to continue spending, Gov. Mead asked, "What constitutes a rainy day?" This thinly veiled call to raid the state's rainy day account to fund his spending priorities was ignored by the legislature. Instead, the legislature began the search for more revenues by developing a task force c... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/tax-and-gouge-task-force) ## \[Net Neutrality: The War on Freedom\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/net-neutrality-the-war-on-freedom) Thursday, 04 December 2014 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Although not in the news for a while, the efforts to classify internet access as a utility are not nearly as benign as they may first appear. Net Neutrality, the innocuous, misleading name chosen by proponents of internet regulation, remains an ongoing issue. Recently, President Obama called for the FCC to act unilaterally. There is a major push on... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/net-neutrality-the-war-on-freedom) ## \[Ending the Welfare State in Wyoming, Part 2\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/ending-the-welfare-state-in-wyoming-part-2) Tuesday, 11 November 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) As I recently explained, about two thirds of state government spending in Wyoming is dedicated to core welfare-state programs within education, health care and human services (broadly known as "welfare"). With a likely revenue crisis on the horizon, and with the causes of that revenue crisis being structural, it is necessary for the Wyoming state l... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/ending-the-welfare-state-in-wyoming-part-2) ## \[Ending the Welfare State in Wyoming, Part 1\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/ending-the-welfare-state-in-wyoming-part-1) Monday, 10 November 2014 \[Economic\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic) \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) The most important – and most challenging – part of public policy research is to create convincing pathways toward more economic freedom. Compared to the efforts going toward criticizing "big government", the reform issue receives only minor attention. That is not to say there are no proposals out there. On the contrary, in some policy areas it is ... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/economic/ending-the-welfare-state-in-wyoming-part-1) ## \[Anti-Coal Policies A Call to Action in Wyoming\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/anti-coal-policies-a-call-to-action-in-wyoming) Monday, 10 November 2014 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) Last week I discussed the potential consequences of the latest CREG report's long-term spending outlook. I pointed to the risk for a structural budget deficit, in other words a deficit that does not go away with an improving business cycle. Part of the reason is the role that minerals-based taxes – primarily severance taxes – play in the Wyoming st... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/anti-coal-policies-a-call-to-action-in-wyoming) ## \[WyLiberty Attorneys File Brief in Texas Free Speech Case\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/wyliberty-attorneys-file-brief-in-texas-free-speech-case) Wednesday, 05 November 2014 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Legal\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/legal-perspectives) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) CHEYENNE – Wyoming Liberty Group attorneys Benjamin Barr and Steve Klein filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief in the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals at Dallas, arguing that a political contributor's convictions for organized crime, bribery and money laundering for campaign finance violations unconstitutionally abridge his First Amendment... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/wyliberty-attorneys-file-brief-in-texas-free-speech-case) ## \[Are Wyoming Juvenile Offenders Being Denied Education?\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs/are-wyoming-juvenile-offenders-being-denied-education) Tuesday, 04 November 2014 \[Government Programs\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/government-programs) \[Timeless Topics\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/timeless-topics) <a> !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/310/b2ap3\_medium\_detention\_placements\_chart.jpg) </a>In the two years that Republic Free Choice has been investigating Wyoming's juvenile justice system we have uncovered appalling details within the Wyoming system which juvenile justice advocates and even Wyoming legislators' admit is failed and broken. 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