More Evidence Emerges That Government Is Funding Worthless College Degrees

Plus: Impeachment Witnesses Have Failed to Prove Trump Guilty

Dec 06, 2019   Happy Friday from Washington, where the government forces taxpayers to foot the bill for student loans that lead to debt and dead-end degrees. Check out some arguments against "college for all." The Senate's top Republican makes an impassioned defense of religious freedom. The rise of consumerism is today's topic on the podcast as we welcome an engaging professor of U.S. history. Plus: conservatives and poverty,  liberals' thin impeachment case, and narrow-mindedness in Hollywood. On this date in 1865, ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlaws slavery eight months after the Civil War ends. Enjoy your weekend.     Commentary More Evidence Emerges That Federal Government Is Funding Worthless College Degrees By Mary Clare Amselem Holders of bachelor's degrees hold an average of $31,172 in student loan debt. However, depending on where a student goes to school and what their major is, earnings potential can be quite different. More News Lawmakers Map Out Conservative Solutions to End Poverty By Rachel del Guidice "The thing that really took me from being a kid, failing out of school, being a son in a single-parent household, being a person mired in poverty … was this notion that it was possible," says Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. More Commentary 'Powerful Interests on the Left Want to Shrink Freedom of Religion,' McConnell Warns By Sen. Mitch McConnell "Radical Democrats … want to force Christians and other people of faith who work in health care to either assist in procedures like abortion, or lose their jobs," says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. More Analysis Podcast: How a Supreme Court Decision Is Hurting a Family Business By Katrina Trinko Brad and Hilary Scott run a family jewelry business. They sell jewelry across state lines – and that's become a huge liability. More Commentary Hollywood Socialism By John Stossel In the new Amazon series "Jack Ryan," the hero asks a good question about Venezuela: "Why is this country in the midst of one of the greatest humanitarian crises in history?" More Commentary Impeachment Witnesses Have Failed to Prove Trump Guilty By Thomas Jipping While Democrats have repeatedly claimed that Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election, repeating a claim does not prove it. 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 johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. 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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