A Strategic Defeat for Educational Freedom | Adam B. Schaeffer | Cato Institute: Commentary

A Strategic Defeat for Educational Freedom | Adam B. Schaeffer | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Private voucher schools will not only be forced to make this fabrication available to students, they are also prohibited from lowering a student's grade, if he should, for example, cite the letter as a primary source in the course of his school work.

Unfortunately, this is just the peak of the regulatory mountain being dropped on participating private schools. The legislation will greatly expand state regulation of and authority over participating private schools."

Auction Off the State - Robert P. Murphy - Mises Daily

Auction Off the State - Robert P. Murphy - Mises Daily: "if people say that $750 billion in spending cuts (between now and September 30) is simply 'impossible,' then we still don't have to either borrow more or raise taxes. We have another option: namely, the federal government could auction off some of its holdings and fill the gap that way."

"the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (as of late November) had almost 727 million barrels of crude oil. At current market prices, this inventory is worth more than $80 billion."

"the federal government owned 14,000 buildings and structures that were 'excess' and 55,000 that were 'under- or not-utilized."'