Libertas Utah Articles

Every taxpayer in Whoville, Utah, liked affordable Christmas a lot… but the tax-hiking Grinch did NOT! The tax-hiking Grinch hated affordable Christmas! The whole Christmas season. Now please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy this year. We advocated for the passage of the Utah Fits All Scholarship, and I met many new micro-school founders to help share their stories. With that in mind, I hope you'll consider my education Christmas list.
If the market were free to build a variety of homes to meet the demand, we could end our housing shortage.
If the public school system is working for you and your child, that is wonderful, and 84 percent of Utah parents feel the same way. But don’t let that love of your local public school take an opportunity away from the 16 percent that aren’t satisfied with the public schools.
For Gov. Cox's plan to be successful, we don't necessarily need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars — we need local officials to address minimum lot sizes and other zoning regulations that make building starter homes very difficult. In short — legalize starter homes!
This November, Utah voters didn't just choose their city officials; they also had their say on various ballot propositions. What do these propositions entail, how did they fare statewide, and what repercussions do they hold for voters? (Hint: In many instances, they signify higher taxes.)

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