Founded by the late Dr. Tom Coburn, Pursuit is a non-partisan organization aimed at making government transparent, exposing wasteful spending, and inspiring future generations to get involved. They recently announced their third annual scholarship competition. Read below for details:
3RD ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
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There is a lot at stake for the future of young Americans. Even prior to the response to the crisis we are currently facing, both political parties had already placed our nation on an unsustainable fiscal course. In the absence of decisive action from our leaders, one generation of Americans is about to leave the next generations with an unbearable financial burden.
The national debt is more than $25 trillion, soon to exceed the size of our entire economy. There is another $100 trillion in unpaid for promises coming down the pike. Report after report warns of wasteful spending and unsustainable deficits, yet year after year nothing is done by our elected leaders to address them.
If this continues, millennials and generation Z will spend their peak earning years paying for the excesses and promises they had no knowledge of or say in. However, this is not an unsolvable problem. It’s a grand opportunity. But young Americans must start speaking up now.
Pursuit will award four scholarships to incoming Freshmen, Sophomores, or Juniors enrolled in an American university or community college who produce a video (maximum 5 minutes) or write an essay (maximum 2500 words) on one or a combination of the following topics:
- Generational Theft: How the national debt, unfunded liabilities, and generational theft affects your generation.
- Government Accountability: The importance of transparency and oversight in the federal government.
- A Well-Informed Public Through Objective Information: The importance of young Americans engaging in American politics, understanding our history, civics, and free enterprise system, and the value of a well-informed public.
Entries will be graded on the following criteria:
Video:
- 35% Content quality
- 35% Memorable/Creativity
- 20%: Effective solution
- 10%: Production quality
- 35% Understanding/Grasp of topic
- 35% Impact/Persuasiveness and creativity
- 20%: Effective solution
- 10%: Style, grammar, spelling
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