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Contents
PRESIDENT'S
CORNER
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Harry Browne's New Year's resolutions for liberty
WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
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January 7. 2006: David Bergland on radio and web
* January 28, 2006: Sharon Harris speaks at San Diego LP state convention
* And more news
and exciting opportunities for libertarians!
GOOD
NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
"Libertarian Democrat": Terry Michael
* "King George: A Recipe for Tyranny"
* Kick Your Uncle Out Or Move, City Says
* "The plain truth" about zoning...
PERSUASION
POWER POINT #193
*
"The Path of Greatest Resistance: Typical New Year's Resolutions"
by Michael Cloud
ASK
DR. RUWART
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What about harmful monopolies in a libertarian society?
* Should people be forced to be witnesses in court?
HARRY
BROWNE'S SOUNDBITES FOR LIBERTY
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Who are you working for?
* Tax reform
* Personal responsibility
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Dear
friends,
Happy New Year!
Did you make any New Year's Resolutions?
A few years ago, Harry Browne -- 1996 and 2000 Libertarian Party
presidential candidate and world-renowned libertarian speaker and
writer -- did. The result was a compact how-to of effective libertarian
communication, by one of the most persuasive advocates of the ideas
of liberty.
I thought I'd share it with you. I hope you find it as informative
and inspiring as I do.
* * *
A Libertarian's New Year's Resolutions
by Harry Browne
1. I resolve to *sell* liberty by appealing to
the self-interest of each prospect, rather than *preaching* to people
and expecting them to suddenly adopt my ideas of right and wrong.
2. I resolve to keep from being drawn into arguments
or debates. My purpose is to inspire people to want liberty -- not
to prove that they're wrong.
3. I resolve to *listen* when people tell me of
their wants and needs, so I can help them see how a free society
will satisfy those needs.
4. I resolve to identify myself, when appropriate,
with the social goals someone may seek -- a cleaner environment,
more help for the poor, a less divisive society -- and try to show
him that those goals can never be achieved by government, but will
be well served in a free society.
5. I resolve to be compassionate and respectful
of the beliefs and needs that lead people to seek government help.
I don't have to approve of their subsidies or policies -- but if
I don't acknowledge their needs, I have no hope of helping them
find a better way to solve their problems.
6. No matter what the issue, I resolve to keep
returning to the central point: how much better off the individual
will be in a free society.
7. I resolve to acknowledge my good fortune in
having been born an American. Any plan for improvement must begin
with a recognition of the good things we have. To speak only of
America's defects will make me a tiresome crank.
8. I resolve to focus on the ways America could
be so much better with a very small government -- not to dwell on
all the wrongs that exist today.
9. I resolve to cleanse myself of hate, resentment,
and bitterness. Such things steal time and attention from the work
that must be done.
10. I resolve to speak, dress, and act in a respectable
manner. I may be the first Libertarian someone has encountered,
and it's important that he get a good first impression. No one will
hear the message if the messenger is unattractive.
11. I resolve to remind myself that someone's "stupid"
opinion may be an opinion I once held. If *I* can grow, why can't
I help *him* grow?
12. I resolve not to raise my voice in any discussion.
In a shouting match, no one wins, no one changes his mind, and no
one will be inspired to join our quest for a free society.
13. I resolve not to adopt the tactics of Republicans
and Democrats. They use character assassination, evasions, and intimidation
because they have no real benefits to offer Americans. We, on the
other hand, are offering to set people free -- and so we can win
simply by focusing on the better life our proposals will bring.
14. I resolve to be civil to my opponents and treat
them with respect. However anyone chooses to treat me, it's important
that I be a better person than my enemies.
* * *
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2006 the best year yet for the libertarian movement -- and that's
something to aspire to.
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By
James W. Harris
"Libertarian
Democrat": Terry Michael
 Terry
Michael [>], former Democratic National Committee press
secretary and current executive director of the influential Washington
Center for Politics & Journalism, calls himself a "libertarian
Democrat."
And he has some strong advice for the Democratic Party: return to
your small-government, Jeffersonian roots.
Why? Because to win over today's self-empowered voters, Democrats
need a new vision of the proper role of government.
As Michael wrote in The Washington Examiner (February 9,
2005): "Here's a rough cut: "Government: Assure liberty
by staying as far away as possible from our bank accounts, our bedrooms,
and our bodies. Spread pluralistic democracy and free markets by
example, not by force. Restore the moral authority of the mid-20th
century civil rights movement by fashioning public policy around
individuals, not tribal identity groups.'"
Such a Jeffersonian message, Michael believes, would "inspire
a 21st century base and attract voters who believe both [major]
parties are obsolete."
Democrats used to embrace that limited-government vision, Michael
points out. When Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party in
1792, it was a party of "small central government serving self-sufficient
'little people' (farmers, shop keepers, frontiersmen), prizing and
preserving individual liberty."
But by the time of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in
the 1930s, the party had assumed its current "Central Authority
Solutions" mantle -- endorsing "one-size-fits-all, central
authority, wealth-redistributive policies."
Michael argues that a reborn Jeffersonian Democratic Party -- based
on a "back- to-the-future Jeffersonian liberalism" which
embraces a "little-government-for-the-little-guy ideology"
-- could offer economic liberty and an anti-interventionist foreign
policy, while rejecting "the social-cultural intolerance of
the GOP Taliban wing."
Adds Michael: "Jefferson, who said the government that governs
least governs best, knew the era of big government was over before
Bill Clinton proclaimed it... From our Jeffersonian roots, we have
the glue to make the [Democratic] brand sticky again."
Until the 1980s, Michael says he was a "traditional" left-liberal.
Then his politics "began evolving." Concerned that "we
Democrats were increasingly losing touch with our middle and working
class voting base," he started to think "outside the Democratic
box." Unlike most of his fellow Democrats, he opposed foreign
intervention, deficit spending, affirmative action, campaign finance
reform, and the "neo-prohibitionist, mass social insanity called
the War on Drugs."
By the 1990s, Michael "began drifting toward a libertarian
political philosophy." Today, he said, he endorses a government
that is "out of my bank account and my bedroom, away from my
body, and out of the backyards of the rest of the world."
Despite his criticism of Democrats, Michael was never tempted to
become a Republican. "The competition for the vote-rich middle
of the electorate has turned formerly conservative Republicans into
social welfare Democrats," he says. "Pandering to the
center has caused the GOP to lose... its ideological way. Now, in
a transparent effort to appease its social cultural conservative
base, the party has all but abandoned a principled intellectual
critique of the role of government -- and lost its conservative
soul."
Born in 1947, Michael has been involved with the Democratic party
since age nine, when he slapped on an "Adlai Stevenson for
President" button. He got his first political job in 1973 as
press secretary to the Democratic Leader and Members in the Illinois
House of Representatives.
He worked in communications jobs for the Ted Kennedy for President
campaign (1980); the Democratic National Committee (1983-1987);
the Michael Dukakis for President campaign (1988); and the Democratic
National Convention (1992). He was named a "Rising Star in
Democratic Politics" in 1988 by Campaigns & Elections
magazine.
In 1998 Michael became the executive director of the Washington
Center for Politics & Journalism. The nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization brings journalism students to Washington, DC to learn
about government, lobbying, and campaigns.
Let's hope he can influence others -- within and outside the Democratic
party -- to embrace his slogan: "Government: out of my bank
account and my bedroom, away from my body, and out of the backyards
of the rest of the world."
Source: Taken from a longer Terry Michael profile
by Advocates Communications Director Bill Winter. Read the whole
post here: http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/terry-michael.html.
"King
George: A Recipe for Tyranny"
President Bush's arguments for warrantless wiretaps pose a grave
danger to American liberty, says libertarian syndicated columnist
Jacob Sullum:
"Members of Congress have been known to vote for legislation
they haven't read. But is it possible Congress authorized warrantless
wiretaps without realizing it?
"That's what President Bush implies when he defends the National
Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans' phone
calls and e-mail messages by citing the 'Authorization for Use of
Military Force' that Congress approved three days after the September
11 terrorist attacks. More fundamentally, Bush seems to believe
the Constitution gives him the power to authorize this surveillance,
no matter what Congress or the courts might have to say about it.
"Even people who have complete confidence in this president's
good faith and good judgment should worry about his sweeping assertion
of executive power, which has implications for his successors. In
areas such as military tribunals, detention of "enemy combatants,"
and administrative subpoenas, Bush has shown an alarming tendency
to cut the legislative and judicial branches out of decisions about
how to prosecute a war on terrorism that will continue long after
he leaves office. This combination of unilateralism with a perpetual
state of emergency is a recipe for tyranny."
Source: "King George," by syndicated
columnist Jacob Sullum: http://www.reason.com/sullum/122105.shtml.
Kick
Your Uncle Out Or Move, City Says
In what the Washington Post calls "a patently bigoted...
act of Big Brotherish government intrusion," the city of Manassas,
Virginia has nastily redefined "family" in a zoning law.
The old zoning law allowed relatives of any type to live together
in a house, as long as the total number did not exceed occupancy
limits.The new law, however, restricts households to immediate relatives,
plus one unrelated person. Excluded as "family" are aunts,
uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family.
Thus, it is now illegal for a family that includes nieces, nephews,
uncles, aunts, cousins, and so forth to live together in Manassas.
Already the Manassas government is sending inspectors to visit selected
houses. Hard-working U.S. citizens are suddenly being interrogated
about such highly personal matters as how many people live in the
home and what their relationship is. Those who violate the new law
are being told to change their living arrangements -- i.e., boot
out Uncle Ed or Cousin Sarah -- or sell their house.
As an example, the Washington Post points to Leyla and
Juan Chavez, U.S. citizens who came from Honduras to America in
the 1980s. In the classic immigrant tradition, they worked hard
at several jobs to save enough to buy a house. To make ends meet,
they housed a nephew and a renter couple downstairs. But outlawing
this has made it impossible for the family to keep their home. So
now they're selling and leaving.
Critics charge the law is aimed at Hispanic families, and particularly
undocumented aliens. The city insists that's not the case, though
a few weeks ago the vice mayor said the law was aimed at addressing
alleged problems caused by undocumented immigrants.
Whatever the reason, good people who have harmed no one are being
persecuted, and several civil liberties groups, including the American
Civil Liberties Union, are strongly considering challenging the
law.
"It's hard to describe how many parts of the U.S. Constitution
this law actually violates, " said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional
law professor at George Washington University. "It interferes
with constitutional guarantees regarding contracts [to rent rooms],
families, equal protection, even First Amendment issues like freedom
of association. . . . "
One of the main legal arguments against the new law is that it may
violate constitutional protections regarding "family"
stemming from a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Moore v. City
of East Cleveland, Ohio).
The majority decision included these stirring words: "Ours
is by no means a tradition limited to respect for the bonds uniting
the members of the nuclear family. The tradition of uncles, aunts,
cousins, and especially grandparents sharing a household along with
parents and children has roots equally venerable and equally deserving
of constitutional recognition. Over the years millions of our citizens
have grown up in just such an environment, and most, surely, have
profited from it."
Generations of American families have benefited enormously from
precisely the kinds of living arrangements that Manassas has now
outlawed. Let's hope the courts squash this further expansion of
zoning tyranny quickly -- before it spreads.
Sources: Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901220.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901410.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512300237dec30,1,5005953.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
"The
plain truth" about zoning...
"The plain truth is that the true object of the [zoning] ordinance
in question is to place all property in a strait-jacket. The purpose
to be accomplished is really to regulate the mode of living of persons
who may hereafter inhabit [the community]." -- Supreme Court
Justice Willis Van Devanter, in his dissent to
Euclid vs. City of Ambler, the landmark 1926 decision that
upheld the authority of governments to enforce zoning regulations.
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"Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News"
is written by Liberator Online editor James W. Harris.
His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers,
and he has been a Finalist for the Mencken Award, given by the Free
Press Association for "Outstanding Journalism in Support of
Liberty."
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Persuasion
Power
Point
#193 |
The Path of Greatest Resistance:
Typical New Year's Resolutions
AND
an outrageously better way to make the changes you want!
By Michael Cloud
[Note: This is a special self-development column, not one specifically
on libertarian persuasion. I hope you enjoy and employ it. -- Michael]
Millions of Americans make New Year's Resolutions. In January, millions
of us go on diets, join health clubs, start exercise programs, quit
smoking, quit drinking, or start savings programs.
We want to make our lives better. We want to improve our health,
our wealth, and our happiness.
We begin with high hopes and the best of intentions.
"This time, it'll be different," we tell ourselves --
as we make the same New Year's Resolution as we did the last four
years.
"You'll see. I'm going to lose 20 pounds," we tell our
friends.
"Honey, I mean it. I'm quitting smoking once and for all,"
we tell our husbands or wives.
We keep our resolution for a day -- and feel proud. Then one week.
Then two weeks.
But something happens. Sometimes everyday life disrupts or interrupts
our program. Sometimes the effort wears us down. Other times, we're
working just as hard on our resolution for fitness or dieting, but
the results seem slower and harder to come by. Or our weight loss
gets stuck and stalled for days at a time.
First we "flub it" or "blow it" or "cheat"
on our Resolution one day. Then within a week or two, we skip two
days, then three, and soon we fall off the wagon.
Within 90 days, well over 90% of serious New Year's Resolutions
are abandoned.
Don't despair. There's nothing wrong with you. You are NOT weak
or unreliable or a bad person.
Your New Year's Resolutions sent you down the Path of Greatest Resistance.
You did the hardest thing the hardest way.
You can easily and enjoyably change your life. You can easily and
enjoyably lose the weight, make yourself fit and attractive, stop
smoking or drinking, pay off debts, start saving money, or dramatically
improve your personal relationships. Permanently.
To put your New Year's Resolutions into action, I strongly recommend
this book: One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert
Maurer.
Buy, read, and make notes in this book. Dr. Maurer's book shows
you a fun, zero friction, no frustration method to easily make changes
that last. If you're like me, you'll be skeptical at his small,
simple steps that promise big and lasting results. But I've tried
and tested it in my life. It flat-out works. And it's enjoyable.
It's a short book. You can read it in an evening -- and put it into
action the next day.
Please get a copy now. Live a long, healthy, happy, and prosperous
life.
And have an outrageously great 2006!
* * *
Michael Cloud is the author of the acclaimed book,
Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion, available exclusively
from the Advocates. Order at: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/secrets.html.
Michael was voted the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator
in America and honored with the Thomas Paine Award at the Libertarian
Party national convention in July 2000.
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Dr.
Ruwart |
Dr.
Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In
this column she gives readers "short answers to the tough questions"
that libertarians are frequently asked.
Dr. Ruwart's past Liberator Online answers are archived
in searchable form at: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/ruwart/categories_list.php
"What about harmful
monopolies in a libertarian society?"
QUESTION:
"What happens in a libertarian society if someone
legally acquires monopoly control of scarce resources to the extent
that there is no possibility of competition, and then uses that
control to blackmail or harm the society? Examples might be water
rights, utility infrastructure (power lines, water pipes, etc.)
or medical knowledge such as how to make certain drugs. Or, suppose
a new life-threatening disease arises and one company discovers
a drug treatment -- but the owner is a racist and won't sell the
drug to some minority. Can this owner condemn people to death and
get away with it?"
MY SHORT ANSWER: "All of the examples you've
given for monopolies -- utilities, water rights, cartels -- actually
are created by regulations restricting competition. Free market
monopolies are rare and short-lived. For details, see Chapter 7
in my book, Healing Our World, available from the Advocates
(2003 edition) or as a free download (1993 edition) at www.ruwart.com.
"Regarding your imaginary (and highly unlikely) "what-if"
question about the drug company: In a libertarian society, a company
that refused to sell life-saving medicine to a minority group would
likely encounter a consumer boycott on its other products and a
great deal of negative publicity. Most likely, less bigoted individuals
would buy drugs and resell them, or donate them, to the affected
group.
"Compare this to today's *real world* of government-created
drug denial. Today, desperately ill people are denied access to
life-saving drugs by the 1962 Kefauver-Harris amendments to the
Food and Drug Act, which added 10 years to drug development time.
Pharmaceutical firms are forbidden, by law, to sell or even give
unapproved drugs to dying people, even though it may be a matter
of their life or death. By my calculations, these regulations have
killed 4.7 to 20.8 million Americans since their passage (for details,
see www.Ruwart.com/AAPS.pdf).
"The FDA currently has monopoly power in determining which
drugs the American public may buy. A libertarian society would not
have this monopoly. Consequently, all Americans would live longer
and healthier lives. (For further details, see Chapter 6 in my book,
Healing Our World. The 1992 edition is available as a free
download at www.Ruwart.com; the 2003 edition is available from The
Advocates).
Should
people be forced to be witnesses in court?
QUESTION:
"The U.S. Constitution affords a criminal defendant "compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor." But doesn't
this violate the core libertarian principle of not using force against
people who have harmed no one? What's a libertarian solution to
this dilemma?"
MY SHORT ANSWER: "In a libertarian society,
you wouldn't be able to compel testimony. However, libertarian courts
would operate differently than the ones of today, making witnesses
much more likely to cooperate voluntarily.
"For example, a witness today is expected to come to court
and sit through multiple delays before taking the stand, usually
without compensation for lost work time. If the witness is threatened
by the defendant's friends, he or she is unlikely to receive adequate
police protection except in high profile cases. Testifying represents
a net loss, sometimes substantial, to a witness.
"In a libertarian society, a witness might be compensated for
lost work time and given protection by a crime victim or that victim's
insurance company. After the conviction of the aggressor, these
costs would be added to the restitution that the aggressor would
incur. Loans would likely be available for victims without insurance
or the ability to front such costs. Upon conviction of the aggressor,
the lending fees would be added to the restitution.
"As you can see, aggressors in a libertarian society would
have a hefty debt to pay. Hopefully, they would be caught in the
early phase of their criminal "career" so that they would
learn the true cost of their aggression at an early age and decide
that crime doesn't pay. This is exactly what happens in Japan, where
the aggressor must negotiate a restitution settlement with the victim.
Japan is the only industrialized nation that has seen a consistent
decrease in violent crime since World War II.
"For more details, see Chapter 13 of the 2003 edition of Healing
Our World, available from The Advocates.
* * *
Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers!
If you'd like answers to YOUR
"tough questions" on libertarian issues, just email to
Dr. Ruwart at: ruwart(a)theAdvocates.org. Due to volume, Dr. Ruwart
can't personally acknowledge all emails. But we'll run the best
questions and answers in upcoming issues.
Dr. Ruwart's outstanding books Healing Our World and Short
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Harry
Browne's
Soundbites
for Liberty |
During
his two Libertarian Party presidential campaigns (1996 and 2000),
Harry Browne created hundreds of "soundbites" -- short,
pithy, and highly memorable answers to the questions libertarians
are most frequently asked by the media and the public. Each issue
we'll be sharing some of the best. Enjoy -- and put them to use
for liberty!
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* Who are you working for? "Federal, state,
and local taxes take 48% of the national income. That means if you
and your spouse both work, one of you is working for the government
and the other is working for your family."
* Tax reform: "Proposals to replace the current
income tax with a "flatter, fairer tax," replace it with
a sales tax, or to cut it by 15% or so are all attempts to rearrange
the oppressive cost of big government -- but they do nothing to
reduce that cost. So long as government is too large, the tax load
will be too large -- no matter how the politicians arrange it for
you. Only Libertarians propose to reduce the federal government
so far that we can repeal the income tax and replace it with nothing
-- no flat tax, no sales tax, no anything."
* Personal responsibility: "Government seems
to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable
of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free."
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Harry Browne was 1996 and 2000 Libertarian Party
presidential candidate. He is the author of a dozen books that have
sold over two million copies, including three New York Times
bestsellers.
Browne's book Liberty A to Z: 872 Libertarian Soundbites You
Can Use Right Now is temporarily out of stock. Stay tuned --
we'll announce in the Liberator Online when it becomes
available again!
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