Let People Prosper

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LPP 5 w Drs. Chuck Beauchamp and Alex Salter | Persistent INFLATION & the Fed's Role May 19, 2022

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In this episode of the Let People Prosper show recorded on May 18, 2022, I'm joined by Dr. Chuck Beauchamp, Assistant Professor of Finance at Mississippi College, and Alex Salter, Comparative Economics Research Fellow at the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University.

We discuss:

What's contributing to persistent inflation;
The need for improved fiscal policies and rules at the federal level; and
Why people are demanding too much from our government and more resolutions should be left to the private sector.

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LPP 4 w Drs. Dan Mitchell and Barry Paulson | States Need Stricter Spending Limits Mar 10, 2022

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In this episode of the "Let People Prosper" show recorded on March 10, 2022, I talk with two happy warriors, Dan Mitchell from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and Barry Poulson Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado.

Join us as we discuss:

1. Why the private sector should grow faster than the government, not vice versa;

2. Why so many states are in a debt crisis; and

3. How the current administration's policies are worsening the economy and more.

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LPP 3 w Fiscal Experts | Tax Relief Must Go with Spending RESTRAINT Feb 12, 2022

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In this episode recorded on February 11, 2022, I'm joined by four happy fiscal warriors:

Jonathan Williams (Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist);
Matt Dickerson (Director for the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation);
James Hohman (Director of Fiscal Policy at the Mackinac Center): Sustainable Michigan Budget; and
Ganon Evans (Policy Manager and Analyst in the Kansas Policy Institute’s Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government): Responsible Kansas Budget.

We discuss:

Need for spending restraints at the federal level;
Need for reducing tax burdens at the state level; and
Obstacles to balancing state budgets and establishing spending limits.

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LPP 2 w Fiscal Experts | Federal Funds are Infiltrating State Budgets Jan 15, 2022

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In this episode, I'm joined by three happy warriors:

Patrick Gleason (Vice President of State Affairs at Americans for Tax Reform (ATR);
Michael Lucci (Senior Policy Fellow at State Policy Network (SPN); and
Kurt Couchman (Senior Fiscal Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity (AFP).

We discuss:

Why tax relief without spending limits can create more problems than solutions;
Why politicians at the state and federal levels often aren't attached to the impacts of spending; and
How federal funds impact state economies and more.

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LPP 1 w Fiscal Experts | Responsible State Budgets and Tax Reform Jan 04, 2022

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In today's episode of the Let People Prosper show, I'm joined by four happy warriors:

Kendall Cotton (President and CEO of the Frontier Institute in Montana);
Ron Shultis (Director of Policy and Research for both the Beacon Center and Beacon Impact);
Quinn Townsend (Policy Manager at Alaska Policy Forum); and
Ganon Evans (Policy Manager and Analyst in the Kansas Policy Institute’s Sandlian Center for Entrepreneurial Government).

We discuss: