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A proven track record

Posted 8/11/15

To the Editor:

Senator Joshua Miller was wrong when he slung profanity at those who opposed his legislative assault on 2nd Amendment rights; the senator was wrong to seek to remove a religious …

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A proven track record

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To the Editor:

Senator Joshua Miller was wrong when he slung profanity at those who opposed his legislative assault on 2nd Amendment rights; the senator was wrong to seek to remove a religious exemption for parents who disagree with controversial vaccine mandates; and the misinformed senator was wrong when he recently claimed the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity was not accurate in its research (Aug. 5 Warwick Beacon).

The Center has a proven track record on a host of major public policy issues that Senator Miller must not be aware of:

2011 – our center accurately projected that many Rhode Island cities and towns would soon be considered in fiscal “distress” if an accurate pension unfunded liability discount rate were utilized, and that state returns would not match the reformed pension discount rate

2012 – accurately projected that establishing an Obamacare insurance exchange and expanding Medicaid would create a new, costly burden on Rhode Island taxpayers

2013 – accurately projected that R.I.’s jobs recovery would continue to lag its neighbors unless significant sales tax or other tax reforms were implemented

2013 – accurately warned that unionizing home childcare workers would be undermined by a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a similar case

2014 – accurately warned that RhodeMap RI was not a plan for Rhode Island but rather part of a HUD agenda to mandate where we must live and to exert federal control over local zoning ordinances

2015 – accurately argued that Senator Miller’s own effort to restrict parental religious rights was overreaching and should be withdrawn

In every case above, the Center’s research and projections were proven correct, even if Senator Miller and other lawmakers choose not to listen.

The Center’s mission is to preserve individual, economic and educational freedoms, yet sadly, Senator Miller’s apparent mission is to infringe upon your constitutional rights.

Mike Stenhouse

Mike Stenhouse is CEO for the nonpartisan RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity, and earned a degree in Economics from Harvard University.

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