“100 Ideas” to Promote Better Government Performance

A Sampling of Ideas from the Goldwater Institute

Listed below are examples of the types of strategies or recommendations included in the Goldwater Institute’s 100 Ideas for 100 Days report.  A full copy of the report is available for download via this link.

• Promote fiscal responsibility and minimize exposure to securities fraud litigation by prohibiting cities from borrowing money for anything other than spending on core governmental functions.
• Enforce fiscal responsibility by mandating “managed competition,” requiring government agencies to allow both private businesses and government departments to compete to furnish public services.
• Require more accurate evaluations of government retirement funds by basing estimates of unfunded liabilities on expected investment rates of return that are adjusted for longterm risks.
• Pursue a “Transparency in Education Spending Act” that would require the Arizona Department of Education to disclose comprehensive figures on public education spending, require an independent body such as the Office of the Auditor General to confirm the total amount of federal, state, and local spending on child care, preschool and kindergarten programs in Arizona, and assess the impact of all current expenditures on student learning.
• Require public university students who need remedial education to receive it at less-expensive community colleges.
• Thin out traffic congestion by converting high-occupancy vehicle lanes into high-occupancy toll lanes, allowing people to pay to drive in the HOV lanes.