Government checks will not fix bad laws. If we want Michigan families to thrive, we need more homes, not more handouts.
Jarrett Skorup
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Opinion | Want affordable housing in Michigan? Allow developers to build it
Building more housing — and building it now — is the best way to lower the cost of rent and mortgages in Michigan.
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Opinion | Renter’s ‘Bill of Rights’ would spike Michigan housing costs
Those costs would be passed to tenants in the form of higher rents, specifically harming low-income residents. Better to reform zoning codes which would spur a greater housing supply.
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Opinion | Don’t listen to doomsayers – Michigan schools get plenty of money
The Mackinac Center argues schools are much better funded than typically is reported in the media.
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Opinion | We need real performance metrics for Michigan public universities
Taxpayers should insist public universities be judged by how well, and how efficiently, they serve the public.
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Opinion | Michigan can bring privacy into the 21st century via Proposal 2
Michigan has a chance to set the standard on digital privacy.
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Michigan universities object to losing funding, but do they deserve what they get?
The state’s institutions of higher education need to do better by their students and funders, including taxpayers.
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Rising university costs, not falling state aid, is the real reason for lack of affordability
Skyrocketing tuition can only be flattened by a massive state-aid injection, these analysts say. And Michigan has better things to do with that kind of money.
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Fix disparities in public university funding in Michigan
A Mackinac Center analyst says the way the state spends $1.5 billion on higher education is unfair.