Jonathan Slemrod, in addition to being the President of University of Michigan College Libertarians, is also the Editor-at-Large of the conservative and libertarian journal on his campus, The Michigan Review. Below is his boiling down of the conference to a tight, nice, and neat paragraph.
The third annual Students for Liberty Conference was a valuable experience for students to discuss what works and what doesn’t when it comes to promoting freedom on campus. I am encouraged that the student movement is not discounting the role that elected officials and the political process can play in protecting individual liberty. Indeed, the influence of Congressman Ron Paul, as well as enthusiasm surrounding former Governor Gary Johnson’s speech, was readily apparent. Since Congress is not going to slow down on its mission to experiment with our health care system, ration cheap sources of energy, and waste money in the name of “stimulus,” students need to know how to push back on campus, but also in the halls of Congress.
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