Brett Kittredge: Regulatory reform can, and should, be a priority
Mississippi needs to reform our regulatory and licensing burdens. Our current policies only serve to increase costs for business owners and consumers, while limiting choice for individuals and career opportunities for would-be entrepreneurs.
Brett Kittredge: Time to scale back Mississippi’s regulatory burden
It would take the average person more than 13 weeks to wade through the 9.3 million words and 117,558 restrictions in Mississippi’s regulatory code.
Brett Kittredge: Celebrating entrepreneurship with Lemonade Day
Lemonade Day 2019 is coming to the Golden Triangle. It’s a celebration that helps today’s youth become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
Brett Kittredge: Occupational licenses can no longer be revoked for defaulting on student loans
Did you know that Mississippi has a law on the books that allows licensing boards to suspend or revoke your professional license if you default on your student loans?
Brett Kittredge: Little appetite for food freedom in Mississippi
A few years ago, the Mississippi legislature adopted a cottage food operators law, bringing the industry, those who bake goods at home and then sell to the public, into the light.
Brett Kittredge: Film incentives are a losing proposition for taxpayers
The prospect of a movie star eating at a local restaurant or a movie being filmed in your home town is appealing to most people. Yet it shouldn’t be funded by taxpayers.
Brett Kittredge: Occupational licensing is costing Mississippi
It has often been said that government does not create jobs, it merely creates the environment that encourages, or in some cases, discourages, job growth. When it comes to occupational licensing, the emphasis is on discouraging job growth.
Brett Kittredge: Real debate is lacking on college campuses
Colleges and universities are supposed to be places where curiosity is developed and intellectual debate in encouraged. But with each passing day, it appears that the debate part of the equation is limited in favor of indoctrination, or at a minimum, silence.
Brett Kittredge: Americans move to low tax states
Few people would argue with the beauty of a California sunset. The bright lights of Times Square are tough to compete with. But there is one thing that can top the allure of California or Manhattan: your pocketbook.
Mississippi Voices: To prosper, Mississippi needs to expand economic freedom
There is a common assumption that we often hear about Mississippi government. It is that the government is too small and we have reduced taxes too much.