Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey
“My colleagues and I at the Show-Me Institute have for years counseled local and state leaders against a whole host of ideas aimed at increasing their population or growing their economy. From stadium subsidies to convention centers, new taxing jurisdictions to entertainment districts, my colleague David Stokes and I can be counted on to sound like They Might Be Giants: ‘No!’ And we will admit, it can make us sound like hand-wringing naysayers, always seeing the glass as half empty. (In our defense, we have each spent two decades trying to successfully launch a combined six children into the world. Saying no is a big part of that. Honestly, we are both fun at parties.) But isn’t securing population and economic growth a basic function of government? No, it isn’t.” (11/04/25)
https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/municipal-policy/whats-a-city-to-do/