FreedomTalks

If Harvard has a $35 billion endowment, why should anyone pay $45,600/year to attend? There’s lots of reasons, I’m sure, including supply and demand, prestige and the like. But it’s comforting to know that it’s mostly the government’s fault.
Check out this great article at the WSJ.

Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has a good piece on National Review Online about the importance of free trade. As she notes, free trade is good for the producers and consumers involved. With upcoming trade agreements in Congress, the timing is good for a refresher on the benefits of free trade. Thanks to Senator Hutchison [...]

As the left tries to push costly climate change legislation on taxpayers and consumers, few have paid too much attention to the companies and investors that would benefit from such “eco-friendly” legislation. Last week, the Hillary for President campaign bragged about their endorsement from John Doerr, whom the campaign describes this way,
John Doerr is a [...]

With little fanfare, President Bush vetoed the dreaded SCHIP for the second time last night. The Washington Times has the full story here. Bush’s comments are pretty much right on - SCHIP puts too many adults and people who can afford their own insurance on the government rolls. The President even seemed to acknowledge, [...]

I am watching the Iowa GOP debate now on CNN. I must say, it has been pretty disappointing so far. Here are the lowlights.
1. Sen. McCain is promoting “cap and trade” to deal with “climate change.” He must think that it is okay to purposefully harm our economy and impose regressive taxes, which is exactly [...]

President Bush unveiled his mortgage relief plan today.  He’s decided to freeze the mortgage rates of perhaps hundreds of thousands of speculators and homeowners who might otherwise not be able to make their loan payments.  Some have argued that the plan is fine because it uses no federal funds. Not so, says the Washington [...]

The SMART act of 2007, a proposal to expand choice and ensure stability in Medicare and Social Security, was introduced at the recent FreedomWorks Liberty Summit. Here’s Dick Armey talking about why it needs to be passed right away.

The UN is meeting in Bali this week. Can anyone say pina coladas and sunbathing?!
Seriously, though, check THIS out:
The delegates each will produce an average 4.07 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or CO2, to reach the resort island 950 kilometers (600 miles) from Jakarta, according to estimates e- mailed to Bloomberg by the UN [...]

The fundraising and grassroots organizing of the Ron Paul for president campaign are quite impressive. Even the Washington Post has caught on to the “Ron Paul Revolution.”
Reporter Alec MacGillis writes in today’s paper,
With so much money in the bank — and with more expected after another one-day fundraising “bomb” pegged to the Dec. 16 anniversary [...]

My fellow blogger and former FreedomWorks intern Matt Hittle has a good piece on ag subsidies in his school’s newspaper.
The subsidy program has strayed from its original intent. Rather than aiding needy farmers, the government helps those who need it least: subsidies are paid according to acreage, so large farms and agribusinesses reap the benefits. [...]