The authors wish to thank the staffs of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Pacific Research Institute, especially Mackinac Center President Lawrence Reed, Mackinac Center Graphic Arts Manager Daniel Montgomery, PRI editorial director K.L. Billingsley, PRI research director Lisa MacLellan, and the PRI marketing team of Jennifer Berkowitz and Laura Dykes. G. Tracy Mehan, director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes, provided peer review for this report.