Regulatory Reform & Abuses

BPF believes in a free market society but the overreach of government regulation is stifling.  BPF accesses regulatory policy with a view of reform to the overreach abuses. 

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What Happens When Experts Are Wrong?

by Kelley Williams Published September 28, 2026 Yes, Virginia, experts can be wrong.  Few are Santa Claus. But some want you to think they are. They put on an Effective Altruism costume. That says they mean well — and therefore suffer no consequences if their advice is wrong. But you might.

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Off the Grid Puts Someone on the Hook

Off the Grid Puts Someone on the Hook

Mississippi has now seen the data center problem from three vantage points. From one end, Amazon cut a sweetheart deal — SB 2001 — that handed it access to Entergy’s grid while keeping the contracts secret from the ratepayers who will subsidize it.

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Who You Gonna' Believe?

Who You Gonna’ Believe?

“Who you gonna’ believe? Me or your lying eyes.” Substitute Entergy’s spokesperson for Chico Marx, and you have the current gaslighting telling you don’t believe what you see happening in other states and what common sense tells you will happen here. Just trust Entergy not to raise electric rates for small customers to benefit Amazon’s data centers.

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Telemedicine and the Board of Medical Licensure

Telemedicine Regulations and the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure

The Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure has largely been a protectionist group designed to protect the economic rights of physicians in the state and its reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed this view.

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