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The Federal Bailout Bill
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
By Bob Williams
Posted on October 3, 2008

The bailout bill signed into law today (HR 1424) will unlikely solve this country's financial woes. To begin, it "does not address the pubic policy problems which led this crisis-things like government forcing financial institutions to give home loans to people who could not afford the payments." To make matters worse, the bill "essentially nationalizes the mortgage market and gives the Secretary of Treasury virtually dictatorial power over much of our economy."

Advancing Legislator Accountability in S.C.
South Carolina Policy Council
Posted on October 2, 2008

On Sept. 26, SCPC president Ashley Landess, Gov. Mark Sanford and House lawmakers conducted a statewide tour to promote on-the-record voting in the General Assembly. During last year's legislative session, a recent SCPC study found, 95 percent of the time legislators passed a law using anonymous voice votes. This secrecy prevents citizens from knowing how their legislator voted and reduces accountability. Bills have been introduced that would require on-the-record voting.

The Acton Institute's 18th Annual Dinner
Acton Institute
Posted on October 1, 2008

The Oct. 30 dinner features keynote speaker Rev. John Nunes, president of Lutheran World Relief, which acts to end poverty and injustice by empowering the world's most impoverished communities to bring about more healthy, safe and secure lives. The Faith & Freedom Award, honoring William F. Buckley, Jr., will be received by Kate O'Beirne, National Review's Washington, D.C. editor.

Maryland’s Opinion on K-12 Education and School Choice
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Posted on September 26, 2008

This scientifically representative poll of 1,200 likely Maryland voters measures public opinion on a range of K-12 education issues. Two messages emerged: Marylanders say they are not familiar with various school choice ideas and reforms, and a second finding indicates that choice is not a partisan issue among Maryland voters. To date, nine state school choice surveys have been conducted; they are available on the Friedman Foundation website.

Reason Goes Hollywood, 40th Anniversary Gala
Reason Foundation
Posted on September 24, 2008

Celebrate film and freedom at the Nov. 14-15 Reason Goes Hollywood conference and 40^th anniversary Black Tie Gala. Participants include: Michael Burns, vice chairman, Lionsgate Entertainment, and producer of Atlas Shrugged; Frayda Levy, co-founder, Moving Picture Institute; Bjørn Lomborg, author, The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It; David H. Steinberg, writer, American Pie II and Slackers; and Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, filmmakers, Mine Your Own Business.

Maybe the Banks Are Just Counting Wrong
Competitive Enterprise Institute
By John Berlau
Posted on September 22, 2008

"[R]elatively simple changes to mark-to-market rules, like suspending the rules for illiquid but performing loans if a firm meets other solvency requirements, would lead to more accurate information and could quell demands for more ‘emergency' bailouts such as that of AIG. This kind of reform should be a top priority of any new administration promising ‘change.'"

Luncheon with President Vaclav Klaus
Cascade Policy Institute
Posted on September 19, 2008

On Sept. 30 in Portland, Oregon, join CPI, Americans for Prosperity and the Competitive Enterprise Institute for a luncheon with Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus, also the author of Blue Planet in Green Shackles: What is Endangered: Climate or Freedom? His Excellency will also speak Oct. 1 in Seattle at the Washington Policy Center's Annual Dinner.

Democrats are Standing up to the Teachers Unions
Independence Institute
Posted on September 17, 2008

A group of national and Colorado Democratic leaders recently met in Denver to challenge the teachers union and the education status quo. On Sept. 19 in Golden, Joe Williams, organizer of that event, will discuss the education reform movement within the Democratic Party and his book Cheating Our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education. Williams is the executive director of Democrats for Education Reform. Listen to his talk at Live.iVoices.org starting 6:15pm MST.

Running on Empty: Lehman’s Fall Deepens NY Budget Blues
Empire Center for New York State Policy
By E.J. McMahon
Posted on September 16, 2008

The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the sale of Merrill Lynch and yesterday's 500-point drop in the Dow may yet prove to be the turning point in a long-overdue shakeout. If the optimists are right, a stronger and smarter securities industry will eventually emerge from the ruins of the last few months. But the recovery won't come soon enough for New York's overstretched state and city budgets.

Real ID Laws Are a National Catastrophe
Cato Institute
By Jim Harper
Posted on September 15, 2008

Pennsylvania is poised to join 11 other states that have passed laws rejecting the federal Real ID Act. Many more have objected to it. Passed by Congress in 2005 - without any debate - Real ID is an attempt to strong-arm states into accepting and funding a nearly $17 billion national ID scheme. States should not be forced to change their priorities or raise taxes and fees because of an unfunded federal mandate - especially not one that offers false security at the expense of our privacy and civil liberties.

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