Caesar Rodney Institute
Encyclopedia
The Caesar Rodney Institute is a nonprofit free-market
research and educational organization in Delaware
in the United States
. It is a member of the State Policy Network
.
It is described as a "non-partisan, non-profit public policy group intent upon affecting measured improvement in the socio-economic well being at all levels and strata of Delaware society and promoting an understanding of our nation’s founding principles of limited government
, individual initiative, personal responsibility, private property, the rule of law and free-markets."
, Sussex
and New Castle
Counties in a "user-friendly, searchable online database". Delaware Spends also analyzes which firms are paid the most state money and breaks down how much money is paid to out-of-state firms, calculates pay v. benefits equations and categorizes acquisitions by the state and counties.
Upon its launch, DelawareSpends.com received praise from both the Americans for Tax Reform
and the Center for Fiscal Accountability.
Free market
A free market is a competitive market where prices are determined by supply and demand. However, the term is also commonly used for markets in which economic intervention and regulation by the state is limited to tax collection, and enforcement of private ownership and contracts...
research and educational organization in Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a member of the State Policy Network
State Policy Network
The State Policy Network is a U.S. national network of free-market oriented think tanks focused on individual U.S. states. SPN is based in Arlington, Virginia.-History:SPN was founded in 1992 by Thomas A...
.
It is described as a "non-partisan, non-profit public policy group intent upon affecting measured improvement in the socio-economic well being at all levels and strata of Delaware society and promoting an understanding of our nation’s founding principles of limited government
Limited government
Limited government is a government which anything more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is generally disallowed by law, usually in a written constitution. It is written in the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 8...
, individual initiative, personal responsibility, private property, the rule of law and free-markets."
Initiatives
CRI has sought to allow Delaware taxpayers and citizens to better view the fruits of their expenditures and the direction of their state by making government information more readily accessible to the public.Delaware Spends
DelawareSpends.com is a project of the Caesar Rodney Institute that allows Delawareans to view state payroll, state payments to vendors as well as the payroll and vendor payments for KentKent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is coextensive with the Dover, Delaware, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population was 162,310, a 28.1% increase over the previous decade. The county seat is Dover, the state capital...
, Sussex
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 the population was 197,145, an increase of 25.9% over the previous decade. The county seat is Georgetown. The Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Sussex County.Sussex County is...
and New Castle
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...
Counties in a "user-friendly, searchable online database". Delaware Spends also analyzes which firms are paid the most state money and breaks down how much money is paid to out-of-state firms, calculates pay v. benefits equations and categorizes acquisitions by the state and counties.
Upon its launch, DelawareSpends.com received praise from both the Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax...
and the Center for Fiscal Accountability.