Good evening. Thank you all for joining us this evening for the libertarianism versus conservativism intern debate. I am the student Programs Coordinator at the Cato Institute. I am honored to host the debate tonight, as the heritage interns go head to head with the cato interns to debate is libertarianism or conservatism superior political philosophy. Which political philosophy provides better answers to todays most important political questions . Each of us has had much to agree upon, limited government, free markets, individual liberty are pillars of the philosophy we both value and uphold, which have led us to the same policy preferences and conclusions often. Yet, what each of us envision in a free society often does look quite different. Policy preferences surrounding foreign policy, immigration, drugs, sex work, emerging technology, marriage and family, just to name a few, create cleavages that emerge between differences between our political philosophy. As we have seen in today
Government responsibility to restrict in regular the use of drugs, such as marijuana. This is about an hour and a half. Thank you all for joining us this evening for the annual libertarianism versus conservatism intern debate. I am the student Programs Coordinator here at the Cato Institute and im honored to introduce tonights event as interns go headtohead to debate is libertarianism or conservatism the superior political philosophy. Which political philosophy provides better answers to todays most important political questions . Of course, each of us have always had much to agree upon limited government, free markets, and individual liberty are pillars of the political philosophy we both value and uphold which have often led us , to the same policy preferences and conclusions. What each of us envision in a Free Society Without governmental and regulatory intrusion often does look quite different. Policy preferences surrounding foreign policy, immigration, direct legalization, sex wor
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Years ago today a tunisian Street Vendor set himself on fire, setting in place the first uprising of the arab spring. So we begin with breaking news out of morocco, where delegates of the libya groups have signed an agreement to form a unity government. The u. N. Envoy to libya was at the signing, and here is what he had to say. From today the agreement puts in place a single set of legitimate institutions. Essential Building Blocks towards a peaceful, secure, and prosperous libya. Gathered here are representatives of a brood range of libyan society, and representatives of the house, and representatives of the general national congress. Here are women and men from many municipalities. You are important public figures in libya. Lets speak to a libyan analyst and founder of tripoli based [ inaudible ] institute. This is surely a positive step for libya, is it not . Well, its a first step in a very, very long journey. There have been many disputes between the stakeholders that were not in