Are you ready for a new approach to how Utah is managed? One that begins with respect for the individual and your natural rights? One that believes in your life and your liberty, and that your ability to make decisions in your own life is far greater than the ability of any other to make decisions for you?
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If something makes sense you don't have to force people to do it. They will do it on their own just like ordering from Amazon. No force is involved. This is no different than speed limits. You build a car that can go really fast but make the sports car go the same speed as the big rigs and you need fines to keep them going the same speed. In Utah we have raised the speed limits yet deaths continue to go down. Could it be that it is actually safer to have higher speed limits? Please look up Germany's death per million miles compared to US. It seems it really is safer to go faster.
Brickbat: Aloha! Here's Your Fine.
Lawmakers in Hawaii are looking at instituting a statewide mask mandate. As part of that effort, some officials want to
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Isn't is sad the something as mundane as clean dishes takes regulatory approval from Washington DC? Libertarians did not create this mess! Just think about this as the state of Utah kept people in pain for years by not allowing them to use Cannabis. Then when they did only in certain ways. Yes, Republicans are just as bad as the Dems when it comes to regulation.
Department of Energy Rolls Back Obama's Dishwasher Restrictions
You might finally be able to buy a dishwasher that gets the job done, unless Joe Biden changes the rules again.
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Here is an abstract of an article from Berkley of all places that shows that school choice in K through 12 leads to better outcomes
y Christopher Campos and Caitlin Kearns have some very positive results on school vouchers:
This paper evaluates the Zones of Choice (ZOC) program in Los Angeles, a school choice initiative that created small high school markets in some neighborhoods but left traditional attendance zone boundaries in place throughout the rest of the district. We leverage the design of the program to study the impact of neighborhood school choice on student achievement, college enrollment, and other outcomes using a matched difference-in-differences de-sign. Our findings reveal that the ZOC program boosted test scores and college enrollment markedly, closing achievement and college enrollment gaps between ZOC neighborhoods and the rest of the district. These gains are explained by general improvements in school effectiveness rather than changes in student match quality, and school-specific gains are concentrated among the lowest-performing schools. We interpret these findings through the lens of a model of school demand in which schools exert costly effort to improve quality.The model allows us to measure the increase in competition facing each ZOC school based on household preferences and the spatial distribution of schools. We demonstrate that the effects of ZOC were larger for schools exposed to more competition, supporting the notion that competition is a key channel driving the impacts of ZOC. In addition, demand estimates suggest families place a larger weight on school quality compared to peer quality, providing schools the right competitive incentives. An analysis using randomized admission lotteries shows that the treatment effects of admission to preferred schools declined after the introduction of ZOC, a pattern that is explained by the relative improvements of less-preferred schools. Our findings demonstrate the potential for public school choice to improve student outcomes while also underscoring the importance of studying market-level impacts when evaluating school choice programs.
y Christopher Campos and Caitlin Kearns have some very positive results on school vouchers:
This paper evaluates the Zones of Choice (ZOC) program in Los Angeles, a school choice initiative that created small high school markets in some neighborhoods but left traditional attendance zone boundaries in place throughout the rest of the district. We leverage the design of the program to study the impact of neighborhood school choice on student achievement, college enrollment, and other outcomes using a matched difference-in-differences de-sign. Our findings reveal that the ZOC program boosted test scores and college enrollment markedly, closing achievement and college enrollment gaps between ZOC neighborhoods and the rest of the district. These gains are explained by general improvements in school effectiveness rather than changes in student match quality, and school-specific gains are concentrated among the lowest-performing schools. We interpret these findings through the lens of a model of school demand in which schools exert costly effort to improve quality.The model allows us to measure the increase in competition facing each ZOC school based on household preferences and the spatial distribution of schools. We demonstrate that the effects of ZOC were larger for schools exposed to more competition, supporting the notion that competition is a key channel driving the impacts of ZOC. In addition, demand estimates suggest families place a larger weight on school quality compared to peer quality, providing schools the right competitive incentives. An analysis using randomized admission lotteries shows that the treatment effects of admission to preferred schools declined after the introduction of ZOC, a pattern that is explained by the relative improvements of less-preferred schools. Our findings demonstrate the potential for public school choice to improve student outcomes while also underscoring the importance of studying market-level impacts when evaluating school choice programs.
If you have liked the messages of this campaign, maybe you'd like to help take it to all our cities and towns across the state!
Utah Libertarian Party
With the 2020 election now winding down, we are beginning the process of seeking candidates for the many municipal elections across the state in 2021. These aren't always the elections that get the most attention, but they are important ones for all of us. The cities and towns we live in, and the taxes they levy and the regulations they place on such critical matters as zoning, have huge impact on everyone.
They are also important because, if we're honest, it's hard to elect people to higher offices who haven't served at the local level first. We need to demonstrate how liberty works locally, and the way to do that is to place Libertarians on city councils, zoning commissions, and in all the other mechanisms of local government.
The Utah Libertarian Party will be making a concentrated effort to provide support to candidates for local offices. That doesn't mean we'll do everything for you, but we will be there to provide assistance both in the practical aspects such as sign and brochure design but also in providing communication among our candidates, for the sharing of ideas and ways of communicating concepts of freedom to constituents. We are currently planning a full day training session that will take place around the end of February, before the filing period starts, so you can get a clear picture of both what you will need to do and what tools we can provide.
If you are interested in exploring a run for a local city council, please go to the link below and send us a message. We look forward to working alongside you in the effort to build a Libertarian Utah!
Thank you for considering carrying the torch of liberty to your city!
They are also important because, if we're honest, it's hard to elect people to higher offices who haven't served at the local level first. We need to demonstrate how liberty works locally, and the way to do that is to place Libertarians on city councils, zoning commissions, and in all the other mechanisms of local government.
The Utah Libertarian Party will be making a concentrated effort to provide support to candidates for local offices. That doesn't mean we'll do everything for you, but we will be there to provide assistance both in the practical aspects such as sign and brochure design but also in providing communication among our candidates, for the sharing of ideas and ways of communicating concepts of freedom to constituents. We are currently planning a full day training session that will take place around the end of February, before the filing period starts, so you can get a clear picture of both what you will need to do and what tools we can provide.
If you are interested in exploring a run for a local city council, please go to the link below and send us a message. We look forward to working alongside you in the effort to build a Libertarian Utah!
Thank you for considering carrying the torch of liberty to your city!
So cops beat someone up and then say they have immunity. Who are these monsters? Why does our government support people like this?
The federal gov is saying this man can't sue the people who literally almost killed him. The cops should be grateful he is only suing them.
The cops belong in not in a courtroom but in a jail cell.
It is time to reform qualified immunity.
The federal gov is saying this man can't sue the people who literally almost killed him. The cops should be grateful he is only suing them.
The cops belong in not in a courtroom but in a jail cell.
It is time to reform qualified immunity.
'Zero Accountability' for Cops Who Choked and Beat an Innocent Man
The federal government wants the Supreme Court to rule that the victim has no recourse.
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Gay people should have the right to adopt children. The state should affirm that right. Also, if the state adopts a child to someone it can not discriminate between gay and straight or anything else.
However, we should not force people or organizations to adopt children into gay or lesbian homes if they don't want to.
I personally think it is a bad decision on the Catholic charities' part but part of being a libertarian is to allow people to make decisions that you don't agree with. Given time there will be many gay friendly adoption agencies. I also support the rights of gay adoption agencies to adopt only to gay people.
However, we should not force people or organizations to adopt children into gay or lesbian homes if they don't want to.
I personally think it is a bad decision on the Catholic charities' part but part of being a libertarian is to allow people to make decisions that you don't agree with. Given time there will be many gay friendly adoption agencies. I also support the rights of gay adoption agencies to adopt only to gay people.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Whether Religious Agencies Can Reject Gay Foster Parents
New Justice Amy Coney Barrett expresses concerns about wider implications of antidiscrimination policies.
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