MCPP Reports
April 06, 2011
Mississippi Center for Public Policy’s Leading Toward Liberty campaign is designed to return our state government to its proper role - to guard the liberty of its people....
December 29, 2011
Our 2012 legislative agenda covers three key areas:
• Freedom for Parents to Choose the Best Education for Their Children
• Freedom for Entrepreneurs to Pursue Their Dreams
• Freedom for the Public to See and Understand the Actions of Government...
June 28, 2011
How well are we educating children in Mississippi schools? In many cases, we are doing quite well. Judging by test scores and graduation rates, many students are showing they can compete with the best students in the world. In some instances those are isolated...
July 21, 2011
It’s understandable that they would do that. People are rightfully concerned about the state of our economy and the job market, and they are demanding that politicians “Do something – anything!” to fix the problem. Unfortunately, many of the ideas for “doing...
November 03, 2011
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy has received many questions about the legal implications of Ballot Initiative 26 – The Personhood Amendment. One question that stands out is whether the amendment would subject medical professionals to prosecution for...
October 11, 2011
Retirement plans for public employees are treated by most courts as giving rise to a contract between the government and at least some classes of employees. At the outset, this memo operates within the majority view that a public pension plan, though created...
September 15, 2007
This is the home page for MCPP's Governing By Principle campaign, including the text of the primer by the same title. The primer is written in conversational language to help you articulate the principles on which our country was founded....
June 11, 2010
Seven years after his death, a friend of mine is drawing national attention because of a simple but profound observation he made about the process of how ideas move from being politically impossible to becoming law. His observation helps explain, in part,...
June 22, 2010
Starting in 2014, the federal government will require nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance. How will this requirement and other changes in President Obama’s new health care law affect your ability to earn a living? How will it affect your job prospects?...
These questions provide a framework for evaluating new ideas or existing programs, especially as budget cuts are considered. The answers will help clarify the priorities of government that should be funded. They are taken from our "Governing by Principle"...
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