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WSJ: In praise of the Pelican Institute

Source: Wall Street Journal
August 09, 2008

Source: Wall Street Journal

Oh Christ, more of this nonsense:

But now there is opportunity for change, as a cohort of reformers is working to energize the economy -- and attract new residents -- with free markets and sound policy.

A rising leader among them is Kevin Kane, a native New Yorker smitten with Louisiana since attending Tulane University in New Orleans in the 1980s. Confident the state will reverse course with the right help, Mr. Kane moved with his family to the Big Easy this spring to establish the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, a think tank promoting reforms rooted in market solutions and limited government.

Earth to the Pelican Institute: market solutions and limited government are what got us into this mess. How about rebuilding the government organizations you free-marketeers have destroyed over the past three decades? Then we'll talk.


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