The author would like to extend his thanks to the following persons without whose advice and assistance his task would certainly have been impossible:
Dr. Richard Cutler, President, Michigan Association of Scholars, and Vice President (retired), University of Michigan
Mr. Gleaves Whitney, Speech Writer for the Governor, Office of Michigan Governor John M. Engler
Dr. Burton W. Folsom, Senior Fellow in Economic Education, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Dr. Lawrence W. Reed, President, Mackinac Center for Public Policy