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Pete Sepp, President of the National Taxpayers Union, joins Lars to discuss the more than $240 billion taxpayers have spent on Head Start. After decades of spending, are taxpayers getting enough in return to justify keeping the program?
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Julie Hartman, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education, joins Lars to discuss the Trump administration’s push to give states more control over education. Why are Oregon and Washington resisting the administration’s new education choice opportunities?
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Edward Timmons, Vice President of Policy at the Archbridge Institute, joins Lars to discuss a new report ranking Oregon as the worst state for occupational licensing barriers. Are excessive licensing requirements keeping Americans from working while driving up prices for consumers?
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Derek Barrs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration joins Lars to discuss the fight over federal commercial driver’s license standards. Are states putting public safety at risk by issuing CDLs that don’t meet federal requirements?
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Carleen Johnson, staff reporter for The Center Square, joins Lars to discuss the federal court fight involving a Puyallup high school wrestler who says she was sexually assaulted during a match. Are school policies meant to protect students instead putting female athletes at risk?
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Former Seattle Times sports columnist Matt Calkins joins Lars to discuss his decision to resign after the paper declined to publish his column about biological males competing in women’s sports. Are mainstream newsrooms shutting out opinions that challenge the prevailing narrative?
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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, joins Lars to discuss the push to adjust capital gains taxes for inflation. Should Americans have to pay taxes on investment gains that exist only because the dollar lost value?
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John O’Connor, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and author of Postgate, joins Lars to discuss ABC and Disney’s lawsuit accusing the FCC of retaliating against the network over its coverage. Is this government censorship, or legitimate scrutiny of a broadcaster?
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Jack Salmon, Gibbs Scholar and Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, joins Lars to discuss the millions of Americans leaving high-tax states like New York and California. Are taxes, housing costs and regulation driving the middle class toward more affordable states?
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Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, physician, psychiatrist and author of Making the Cut, joins Lars to discuss a federal report alleging doctors and hospitals profited from gender-related procedures on minors. Did financial incentives help drive children toward irreversible medical treatments?
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