Home Page: Commentary and research on economic liberty. About Agenda Publications Litigation Databases Events Donate Mackinac Center Sues MSU For Documents About Controversial Firing Talking Michigan Taxes: Potential Increases and Reforms in 2021 Mackinac Center Sues U-M For COVID Documents The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government. State Budget 2022: Not Too Early to Cut Corporate and Industry Handouts Michael D. LaFaive | December 22, 2020 Limiting Epidemic Orders, Swimming Pool Regulations and More Jack McHugh | December 18, 2020 Low-Income Families Still Need Transportation Scholarships Mackinac Center Sues MSU For Documents About Controversial Firing Mackinac Center Praises 'Good Moral Character' Licensing Reform Mackinac Center Sues U-M For COVID Documents Donate About Blog Pressroom Publications Careers Site Map Email Signup Contact (989) 631-0900 | 140 W. Main Street Midland, MI 48640 P.O. Box 568 mcpp@mackinac.org ©2020 Mackinac Center for Public Policy
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan, is the largest state- based free market think tank in the United States. The Mackinac Center conducts ... Mackinac Center for Public Policy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Mackinac Center for Public Policy Established 1987; 33 years ago Address 140 West Main Street, P.O. Box 568, Midland, Michigan 48640 The Mackinac Center for Public Policy (/ˈmækɪnɔː/) in Midland, Michigan, is the largest state-based free market think tank in the United States.[2][3][4][5][6] The Mackinac Center conducts policy research and educational programs. The Center sponsors MichiganVotes.org, an online legislative voting record database which provides a non-partisan summary of every bill and vote in the Michigan legislature.[7] Mackinac Center scholars generally recommend lower taxes, reduced regulatory authority for state agencies, right-to-work laws, school choice, and enhanced protection of individual property rights.[8][9] However, they avoid socially conservative issues such as reproductive or marriage rights.[2] Joseph P. Overton, (1960–2003), a senior vice president of the Mackinac Center, stated the political strategy that later became known as the Overton window. Overton said that politically unpopular, unacceptable policies must be changed into politically acceptable policies before they can be enacted into law.[10][11] The Center was ranked among the top 5 percent of almost 1,900 think tanks in the United States by the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.[12][13] Mackinac Center building in Midland, Mich. The organization was founded in 1987 by a group of citizens who shared an interest in making Michigan a better place to live and work.[12] In a 2011 interview, founder Joe Olson said that the Center was first conceived in a Lansing, Michigan bar at a meeting between Olson, fellow insurance company executive Tom Hoeg, Richard McLellan and then-Senator John Engler. Olson said the founders wanted an organization that would focus on research, writing, speaking, issuing press releases and looking at public policy from a free-market point of view.[14]
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