Bigger College Scandal Isn't About Bribery, but How System Is Rigged

Plus: California Audits DMV for 100,000 Voter Registration Errors

Mar 13, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where House Democrats don't want a citizenship question on the census and expect Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to testify tomorrow about it. He shouldn't do that, Hans von Spakovsky argues. Everybody's talking about the college admissions scandal and the Hollywood connection. That ain't the half of it, Mary Clare Amselem writes. California's experience with automatic voter registration doesn't bode well for a national system, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Tim Carney on the loss of American community, Vijay Menon on linking welfare with work, and Walter Williams on the fallout of class warfare.     Commentary The Bigger College Scandal Isn't About Bribery, but How System Is Rigged Loan forgiveness and "free college" only serve to pour money into a broken system that perpetuates elitism at the expense of working Americans and other viable pathways to upward mobility. More News California Audits DMV for 100,000 Voter Registration Errors The Election Integrity Project trained 200 volunteer poll observers in election law and reported DMV errors at sites in eight counties—Los Angeles, San Diego, Monterey, Ventura, Calaveras, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange. More News How the Loss of Communities Fueled Enthusiasm for Trump "White men in their 50s are dying at a higher rate now than any time in recent decades [and] there are pockets of America where life is getting nastier, more brutish, and shorter," says "Alienated America" author Tim Carney. More Commentary Trump's Budget Reaffirms Commitment to Work-Based Welfare An additional year of employment for a low-skilled adult aged 18-35 boosts his long-term future wages by 4 percent, on average. Less work, therefore, undermines his earnings capacity and ability to flourish. More Commentary Why the Commerce Secretary Shouldn't Testify to Lawmakers About the Census Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, says Wilbur Ross will testify about "ongoing preparations for the census" and "the addition of a citizenship question." More Commentary Class Warfare Only Benefits Elites, Politicians If Bill Gates and others had followed President Obama's advice that "at a certain point" they'd "made enough money" and shut down their companies after earning their first billion or two, mankind wouldn't have most of the technological development we enjoy today. More Commentary Leftism Eradicates Character One of the prerequisites of good character—as well as of happiness—is gratitude, and leftism is rooted in ingratitude. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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