federal student loans<span> borrowed through the Direct </span>Loans<span> program that offer undergraduate and graduate students a low, fixed interest rate and flexible repayment terms.</span>
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In the national popular vote, <u>Gore</u> received <u><em>48.4 percent</em></u> while <u>Bush</u> received <u><em>47.9</em></u>, <em>losing by over 540,000 votes</em>. U.S. presidents, however, are chosen by the Electoral College, a system in which “electoral votes” are assigned to states based on their population and then awarded as a lump sum to the winner of the popular vote in that state – currently, it takes 270 electoral votes to win. By the end of Election Night, 2000, <em><u>Gore’s tally stood at 250 and Bush’s stood at 246 with Oregon</u></em>, Wisconsin and Florida too close to call.
Economic freedom is the ability to prosper through the free exercise of economic activity while letting others do the same.
(1) Property Rights: Clear and well-defined rules of authority that determine how a resource is used should be free from corruption and fully enforced by the state to allow us to confidently improve or invest in our private property and ideas.
(2) Rule of Law: Concise, consistent and systematic enforcement of three fundamental democratic principles: supremacy of law, equal protection under the law and impartial enforcement for infractions of the law, provide us all with a clear understanding of available options and empowers us to better plan our choices.