Independence Institute Issue Paper #23-88
By Paul Farley
Published November 16, 1988
Denver, in 1988, renewed and expanded a 1983 law setting goals (in practice, quotas) for the share of public works contracts that will go to firms owned by minorities and women. But the program is vulnerable to public disapproval and judicial overturning since it fails the tests imposed by the U.S. Supreme court and appeals court rulings. Past Discrimination is a real and serious problem in Colorado, but reverse discrimination is not the answer.
Independence Institute Issue Paper #23-88
By Paul Farley
Published November 16, 1988
Denver, in 1988, renewed and expanded a 1983 law setting goals (in practice, quotas) for the share of public works contracts that will go to firms owned by minorities and women. But the program is vulnerable to public disapproval and judicial overturning since it fails the tests imposed by the U.S. Supreme court and appeals court rulings. Past Discrimination is a real and serious problem in Colorado, but reverse discrimination is not the answer.
Independence Institute Issue Paper #23-88
By Paul Farley
Published November 16, 1988
Denver, in 1988, renewed and expanded a 1983 law setting goals (in practice, quotas) for the share of public works contracts that will go to firms owned by minorities and women. But the program is vulnerable to public disapproval and judicial overturning since it fails the tests imposed by the U.S. Supreme court and appeals court rulings. Past Discrimination is a real and serious problem in Colorado, but reverse discrimination is not the answer.