In politics from brendas university. Jason soren is a lecturer in the government of government in dartmouth college. His Research Interests include Public Policy and federal systems, secession is him and ethnic politics. He is the author of secession is them, identity, interest and strategy and much of his International Academic work internationaln studies quarterly, state politics and policy quarterly and other academic journals. He has received is ba in economics and philosophy with honors and his phd in Political Science from yale university. We will hear from both gentlemen and then we will leave time for questions at the end. Ruger. Lease welcome will mr. Ritter thank you am a peter, and thank you to the cato institute. We are excited to be with cato and to integrate the launching point for discussion about what it means to be free and whether the state of Public Policy is in the states. Toould like you to think take you for coming out. What is the Freedom Index question market is
Our issues spotlight looks at Voting Rights and the impact on the 2016 election. We will feature part of the 2013 Supreme Court oral argument. Members of Congress Look at whether to restore the Voting Rights act. Here is what the president ial candidates have to say. Now a lot of places will not have voter identification. You just keep walking in and voting . What is happening is a sweeping effort to disempower and disenfranchise people of of property or young people. A new report by the Cato Institute looks at crime reduction, fiscal policy, and taxes to determine state freedom rankings. This is about one hour. Good afternoon. Me to thisook to capitol Hill Briefing entitled freedom in the 50 states. Peter russo. I want to thank you for showing up here today. I appreciate it. For those of you on twitter who like to get involved were about. The cato events we would love to hear from you. Today marks the publication date of freedom in the 50 states, an index of personal and Economic Free
Today, we will address a very important question is there a student debt crisis . In many of us are well aware of the everexpanding student loan market and the latest estimates are that nearly 40 million americans are laden with 1. 3 trillion worth of student ebt. One in four of the borrowers is either in delinquency or default. Last years graduating class had an average of 35,000 in student ebt. Those are striking numbers. The Obama Administration recently announced two policy changes and president ial candidates have focused on a variety of alternatives of ways to lower the debt burdens. Todays speakers are two leading voices on student debt. Rohit chopra was recently named special adviser to the u. S. Department of education. He previously served as the assistant director of the Consumer Financial protection bureau. He led that agencys work on behalf of students and young consumers. The secretary of treasury named im as the agencies First Student loan ombudsman. He has frequently te
Good afternoon and welcome. I would like to thank the codirectors for planning our event today, which i know you have been looking forward to. I would also like to let to acknowledge the Susan Gessner for their generous support of todays program. We are grateful for all of those engagements. Today, we will address a very important question is there a student debt crisis . In many of us are well aware of the everexpanding student loan market and the latest estimates are that nearly 40 million americans are laden with 1. 3 trillion worth of student debt. The borrowers is either in delinquency or default. Last years graduating class had in studentof 35,000 debt. The Obama Administration recently announced two policy president ial candidates have focused on a variety of alternatives of ways to lower the debt burdens. While todays seekers. Peakers are two leading voices one was recently named special adviser to the u. S. Department of education. He previously served as the assistant directo
Has gotten us into trouble, or at least has inflicted injustice around the world and therefore restrained and diminished. Ive come up with nine words which i think describe his doctrine. Embolden our enemies, undermine our friends, and diminished our country. When you look at what has been done to our military most especially, but a really other insurance of national power, and our alliance relationships, and what has been done to really encourage our enemies to think that this is a moment this is a year of living dangerously for the united states, it really as up to a fundamental transformation he inherited from his predecessor. A lot of colors. A lot of callers. Grant, good morning. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. Announce a to significant Law Enforcement action regarding north securitys privacy and act also known as health of bill two. It passed health bill to in march 23 of this year. The bills authors write down an antidissemination provision and pa