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Limited government is fundamentally the purpose of our founding constitutional rights. When government inserts itself as an overprotective entity it is impinging on our natural guaranteed liberties as a people. So it is important for people to stand up as a form of balance of power and our obligation as citizens to demand limited government....

Limited government is fundamentally the purpose of our founding constitutional rights. When government inserts itself as an overprotective entity it is impinging on our natural guaranteed liberties as a people. So it is important for people to stand up as a form of balance of power and our obligation as citizens to demand limited government. Government will never be a personal support, it is a product of public interest and protection.

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The False Theory behind Tax Reform, Part 1: Revenue Neutrality

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff We have repeatedly warned against raising taxes in Wyoming. I have also warned that any attempt to "reform" our tax system without prior structural reforms to spending will result in tax hikes. Since the political conversation still trends in the direction of such reforms, it is time to revisit the last of these two w...
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NEW - Liberty Talk Podcast

Don't miss the first episode of our brand new podcast "Liberty Talk." In this first episode staff members Evan Blauser and Philip Baron take a hard look at Wyoming Medicaid funding in special education. 
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Evaluating Economic Development: Some Things to Keep In Mind

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff As Wyoming Liberty Group policy analyst Austin Hein recently explained in an excellent white paper, corporate welfare – also known as economic development – distorts investments and other use of economic resources. One of Hein's most important contributions is to explain, using Austrian economic theory, how programs s...
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This Tax Could Never Come to Wyoming, Right?


By Sven R Larson, Ph.D. How would you feel about a new kind of tax to fund our highways, one that was based on the miles you drive? Would you like to see it added to the taxes we already pay? In anticipation of topics that will be discussed in the interim committee season, please take a moment and consider the following idea. Suppose the legislatur...
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Weekly Economic Report: Personal Income and Its Components


by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff This Weekly Economic Review reports data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis on the composition of personal income in Wyoming. Main Point: Personal income in Wyoming is skewed toward equity-based and entitlement-based earnings. This should be taken into account when the legislature considers future changes to our sta...
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Wyoming’s Other Liquor Problem (Part 2)

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff We have discussed how Wyoming's alcohol regulatory system limits new small business opportunities without effectively deterring destructive behavior attributable to alcohol. The state rankings of alcohol abuse measured by DUI arrests per capita and binge drinking rate highlight some similar rural states that have comb...
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Wyoming’s Other Liquor Problem (Part 1)

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Wyoming's disturbing rate of alcohol-related calamity is no secret. Two ways to measure alcohol abuse among adults are to look at DUI arrests per capita and binge drinking rate. These measures show Wyoming leads the nation in DUI arrests per capita and is in the CDC's second tier of states (out of three tiers) for bin...
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Skateboarding is Not a Crime


by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Tuesday of this week, the Cheyenne City Council voted to replace an overreaching ordinance that criminalized skateboarding downtown. One of many ordinances that lead to overcriminalization. Overcriminalization is the result of thousands of petty, reactionary and mostly unnecessary laws interlaced with laws that make s...
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Increase Public Safety and Save Money? I'm in!

by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Comprehensive criminal justice reform could increase public safety, save millions of dollars, and give each non-violent offender a second chance. Over 95% of those incarcerated in Wyoming will eventually be released from prison, so we must consider what to do with these individuals while they are in the state's custod...
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Majority of Wyoming Citizens Support the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

In a recent poll conducted on behalf of the Wyoming Liberty Group, Wyoming taxpayers overwhelmingly supported our Taxpayer Protection Pledge by saying they would be much more likely to vote for a candidate who had signed the pledge. In the same poll, voters said they believed Wyoming could get it's deficit spending under control through cuts in sta...
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1740 H Dell Range Blvd. #274
Cheyenne, WY 82009

Phone: (307) 632-7020