OPINION: 'To fellow Republicans, I would say: let’s not put unnecessary red tape between businesses and the government, allowing the government to dictate whom the private sector can and cannot do business with,' writes former state Sen. Vince Leach.
Debate over environmental, social and governance policy has ramped up recently in Arizona after the introduction of a slate of “fair access” legislation. At first glance, fair access legislation – legislation that imposes restrictions on businesses based on their ESG policies – seems like a silver bullet to stop corporations from moving further and further to the left.
People are also reading… As a taxpayer, I don’t want to see government unfairly limit the pool of businesses who bid to provide government services. Lack of competition means government can’t procure the best possible service at the lowest possible price, and I want to get the best return on investment for every tax dollar I pay. Furthermore, as a grassroots conservative, I simply don’t think government ought to tell business owners how to run their companies.
Happily, since the article was published, both of these pieces of legislation were amended on the Senate floor to take a much more pragmatic approach. This approach protects the rights of business owners to make decisions in the best interest of their companies and only limits government — restricting the state from imposing needless regulations on businesses as a condition of government contracts.
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