In Defense of Liberty | Goldwater Institute

Pledge to Protect Rights

The Goldwater Institute recently asked candidates running for state office to sign a pledge that they will protect the individual rights of their constituents if elected to office. About 15 percent of candidates took the pledge to uphold the guarantees in the Arizona Constitution. Read more here.
Tele-Town Hall

Recently the Goldwater Institute hosted a tele-town hall on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to block the matching funds portion of Arizona's Clean Elections law. Hundreds of people participated in the event. In case you missed it, you can hear the replay here.
$929 Per Second

Despite a budget shortfall of $2.7 billion, the state is still spending money at record levels. Arizona is projected to spend $29.3 billion in FY2011--that comes out to $80 million dollars per day. Read more about the state's spending and what needs to be done to slow the clock down here.

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The Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner was at New Mexico's Rio Grande Foundation where the topic was education. In this short video, Dr. Ladner discusses how to create incentives in the schools and how to accurately identify school performance. Watch it here.

Jay P. Greene Event

On Tuesday, August 17, the Goldwater Institute is hosting a forum with Senior Fellow and head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, Jay P. Greene. Mr. Greene will be discussing his new findings on waste at American universities. For more details and to RSVP to this free event, click here.