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| Established | 1987 |
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| Chair | Clifford Taylor |
| President | Joseph G. Lehman |
| Budget | Revenue: $6,434,630 Expenses: $6,003,578 (FYE December 2015)[1] |
| Address | 140 West Main Street, P.O. Box 568, Midland, Michigan 48640 |
| Location | |
| Website | mackinac |
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy (/ˈmækɪnɔː/) in Midland, Michigan, is the largest U.S. state-based free market think tank in the United States.[2][3] The Mackinac Center conducts policy research and educational programs. The Center sponsors MichiganVotes.org, an online legislative voting record database which provides a non-partisan summary of every bill and vote in the Michigan legislature.[4] Mackinac Center scholars generally recommend lower taxes, reduced regulatory authority for state agencies, right-to-work laws, school choice, and enhanced protection of individual property rights;[5][6] they avoid socially conservative issues such as reproductive or marriage rights.[2]
Joseph Overton (1960–2003), a senior vice president of the Mackinac Center, stated the political strategy that later became known as the Overton window. Overton said that politically unpopular, unacceptable policies must be changed into politically acceptable policies before they can be enacted into law.[7][8] The Center was ranked among the top 5 percent of almost 1,900 think tanks in the United States by the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.[9][10]
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- ^ a b "Right-of-Center Guru Goes Wide With the Gospel of Small Government". The New York Times. November 17, 2006.
- ^ Heinlein, Gary; Livengood, Chad (March 4, 2015). "Worker Says Ending Film Incentives Will Cost Mich. Jobs". The Detroit News. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ STAFF, HP. "Legislative Roll Call". The Herald Palladium. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ Gardner, Greg (September 1, 2013). "After Firestorm, Michigan Right-to-Work Law Has Had Little Spark". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ "After firestorm, Michigan right-to-work law has had little spark". Detroit Free Press. September 1, 2013. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "A Brief Explanation of the Overton Window". The Overton Window. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ Astor, Maggie (February 26, 2019). "How the Politically Unthinkable Can Become Mainstream". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ Beacom, Ron (March 26, 2019). "Mackinac Center for Public Policy continues to prosper in Midland". Midland Daily News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ McGann, James (January 1, 2019). "2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". TTCSP Global Go to Think Tank Index Reports.
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