Free Market

A year has passed since the Utah Supreme Court initially green lighted a legal services sandbox in the state—a first-in-the-nation endeavor. The program is now up and running, with the Court recently establishing the regulatory sandbox pilot program.
In a state where the free market is seen as a point of pride, alcohol continues to be treated as the boogie man, such that responsible adults are regarded by the state as unable to control themselves and their own drinking habits. This year, the hot topic was whether Utahns should be allowed to ship wine directly to their homes. Sounds pretty trivial, right? Wrong.
The state of Utah recently spent $2.75 million on a contact tracing app as part of the state's efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19. However, a lot adoption rate of the app is proving the investment in the app to be quite costly.
Price gouging laws are preventing more people from having goods they need most, when they are most needed.
What happens when the government competes with the free market to provide non essential services? The practice is all too common and it sabotages both the government and the people.
The Utah Legislature made some substantial improvements to reduce the compliance burdens of the tangible personal property tax on small businesses.

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