Jon L. Pritchett (@tobaccoroadguy) is president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, the state’s non-partisan, free-market think tank. Prior to joining MCPP, Jon was senior vice president of the John Locke Foundation. He also worked as an investment banker, executive, and entrepreneur over a 28-year career in private business. Pritchett is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his opinions have been published in Forbes, National Review, the Washington Examiner, the Federalist, the Foundation for Economic Education, the Daily Signal, and many state and local newspapers.