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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
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GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
* Zero
tolerance or zero usefulness?
* Terrified about terrorism
* The real, REAL federal deficit
* QUICK SHOTS: Why federal spending goes up, and more...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#209
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"The Other Person's Shoes" by Michael Cloud
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Bad
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By
Bill Winter
Zero
tolerance or zero usefulness?
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Libertarians
have long mocked the "zero tolerance" policies being enforced
at many government schools. Now, the American Psychological Association
has issued a report that confirms libertarians' doubts: such policies
not only don't work, but may actually encourage more misbehavior
among students.
The "zero tolerance" movement made its appearance in the
mid-1990s when politicians decided to crack down on violence and
drugs in schools. The best way to achieve safer schools, politicians
decided, was to have "zero tolerance" for any infraction.
So, they passed laws requiring schools to expel or suspend students
for any violation of school policies.
This zero-tolerance nonsense quickly spread to schools around the
nation -- and journalists quickly started noticing the absurd results.
Some examples:
* In Colorado, a 6-year-old was suspended for violating the school's
anti-drug policy when he shared a lemon-drop candy with a friend.
* In New Jersey, two kindergarten students were suspended for
violating the school's weapons policy when they pointed their
fingers at each other and shouted, "Bang Bang!"
* In Georgia, a high school senior was suspended for kissing his
girlfriend on the forehead in the school hallway. The sinful smooch
violated the school's policy against "inappropriate contact."
* In Virginia, eight students were suspended after they were caught
sniffing Kool-Aid. They were charged with "possession of
contraband" because they used the powdered drink mix "in
a way that imitated the use of illegal drugs," school officials
explained.
* In Maryland, a 9-year-old was suspended when he drew a picture
of a gun on a piece of paper.
Of course, such hysterical overreactions to harmless behavior doesn't
really keep students safe. Lemon drops and pointed fingers posed
no danger to America's youth. And to the degree that school officials
focused on such trifling transgressions while ignoring real potential
dangers, students were actually less safe.
That's what the American Psychological Association (APA) said on
August 9, 2006. According to USA Today, the APA "called
for more flexibility and common sense in applying the policies,
reserving zero tolerance for the most serious threats to school
safety."
An APA spokesman said, "The 'one-size-fits-all' approach isn't
working. Bringing aspirin to school is not the same as bringing
cocaine. A plastic knife isn't the same as a handgun."
Even worse, zero-tolerance policies may actually harm students.
Studies show that students perform worse academically in schools
with high suspension or expulsion rates, according to the APA. Further,
students who are suspended (even for minor offenses) are more likely
to drop out of school than other students.
Interestingly, the APA wasn't the first organization to reach these
conclusions. In 2001, the American Bar Association voted to recommend
an end to zero-tolerance policies. The ABA said such policies are
a "one-size-fits-all solution" and have "redefined
students as criminals."
Regretfully, politicians didn't listen to such commonsense advice
from lawyers. Perhaps they'll listen to psychiatrists -- before
misguided zero-tolerance policies create more lemon-drop candy-eating
"criminals."
Source: USA
Today (August 9, 2006)
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Terrified
about terrorism
The story
about British-born Islamic terrorists who allegedly planned to detonate
bombs on transatlantic flights is dominating the headlines, so it's
easy to forget how miniscule the odds are that you will ever become
the victim of terrorism.
In fact, the likelihood that you'll be killed by a terrorist is
no greater than the likelihood that you'll die from a peanut allergy.
With the renewed hysteria about terrorism, it's a perfect time to
dust off the Fall 2004 issue of Regulation magazine, published
by the Cato Institute. It featured an article entitled "A False
Sense of Insecurity?"
In it, John Mueller (a professor of National Security Studies at
Ohio State University) pointed out: "For all the attention
it evokes...the likelihood that any individual will become a victim
[of terrorism] in most places is microscopic."
How microscopic? "Even with the September 11 attacks included
in the count, the number of Americans killed by international terrorism
since the late 1960s...is about the same as the number of Americans
killed over the same period by lightning, accident-causing deer,
or severe allergic reaction to peanuts," he wrote.
Wait a second: Isn't terrorism the #1 danger facing the nation?
That's certainly what politicians would have you believe. They're
constantly giving dire speeches, issuing color-coded alerts, and
making demands for more government programs and more infringements
of civil liberties to "fight terrorism."
But maybe there's another reason why politicians respond so franticly
to the real and imagined dangers of terrorism.
In his 2003 book The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook
noted bluntly, "Most politicians prefer bad news to good."
Politicians "drastically" exaggerate "all negative
trends while denying all positive developments" in hopes of
getting into office or remaining in power, he wrote. In other words,
there are "self-serving reasons" why you so frequently
see "politicians talking as pessimistically as possible."
That could explain why politicians are waging a "War On Terror"
-- but no "War On Allergic Reactions to Peanuts." Being
seen as tough on terror can get politicians re-elected. Being tough
on peanuts won't.
Of course, citing the long odds of being killed by terrorism isn't
meant to diminish the real pain and suffering that terrorists have
caused, or to minimize the tragedy of those who have died at their
hands. The suffering is real, and danger from terrorism certainly
exists.
As Mueller wrote in Regulation: "Efforts to confront
terrorism and reduce its incidence and destructiveness are justified.
But hysteria is hardly required."
In fact, he continued, "It seems sensible to suggest that part
of this reaction [to terrorism] should include an effort by politicians,
officials, and the media to inform the public reasonably and realistically
about the terrorist context instead of playing into the hands of
terrorists by frightening the public."
Mueller is right.
Want to strike a real blow against terrorism? Know the odds. Understand
the dangers. And refuse to be terrified.
Source: Regulation
(Fall 2004)
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The
real, REAL federal deficit
Good
news! The federal deficit was "only" $318 billion in 2005!
Or was it?
Not according to an article in USA Today (August 3, 2006).
The newspaper reported that the government's audited financial statement
-- which is prepared by the Treasury Department and includes the
retirement costs of government employees and military personnel
-- reveals that the 2005 deficit was actually $760 billion.
Or was it?
Not according to standard accounting procedures. USA Today
further reported that if the federal government used the same accounting
rules that all corporations are required to follow -- and included
the growing unfunded costs of Social Security and Medicare -- then
the 2005 deficit was actually $3.5 trillion.
Why the big difference? USA Today explained: "Congress and
the president are able to report a lower deficit mostly because
they don't count the growing burden of future pensions and medical
care for federal retirees and military personnel. In addition, [the
official deficit number doesn't include] the financial deterioration
in Social Security or Medicare. Including these retirement programs
in the bottom line...would show the government running annual deficits
of trillions of dollars."
To paraphrase novelist E. L. Doctorow, when it comes to reporting
on the deficit, politicians prefer a comfortable lie to the uncomfortable
truth.
Sources:
USA
Today (August 3, 2006)
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QUICK
SHOTS...
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That explains
it: Ever
wonder why federal spending goes up so inexorably? Maybe it's because
politicians love to propose costly new legislation -- but hate to
file bills to trim the red ink. According to a new study from the
National Taxpayers Union Foundation: "Last year House members
introduced 17 bills to raise spending for every bill to cut it;
in the Senate, the ratio was 31 to 1."
* Dependent on politicians: "The single most
important problem with the current Social Security system is that
workers have no ownership of their benefits. The U.S. Supreme Court
has ruled, in the case of Flemming v. Nestor, that workers have
no legally binding contractual or property right to their Social
Security benefits, and those benefits can be changed, cut, or even
taken away at any time. This means that workers completely dependent
on the goodwill of 535 politicians when it comes to what they'll
receive in retirement." -- Michael D. Tanner, Cato@Liberty
(August 14, 2006)
* Fuming at the feds: A nationwide survey has discovered
that a majority of Americans are ticked off at the federal government.
According to an August 3, 2006 story from the Scripps Howard News
Service, "anger against the federal government is at record
levels, with 54 percent saying they 'personally are more angry'
at the government than they used to be."
Sources:
National
Taxpayers Union Foundation
Cato@Liberty
(August 14, 2006)
Scripps
Howard News Service
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This issue's "Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News"
was written by Advocates' Director of Communications Bill Winter.
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Persuasion Power
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The Other
Person's Shoes
By
Michael Cloud
[Editor's
note: Michael Cloud is traveling this week, so we're reprinting
a classic Persuasion Power Point from November 17, 1999.]
"It's called 'In Your Face' libertarianism," said Bob
J. "You don't let them get away with any statist garbage. You
call them on everything. You hammer them on their coercive, Big
Government lies. What do you think of that?"
"You call it 'In Your Face' libertarianism," I responded.
"How do you feel when someone gets in your face?"
"You're missing the impact of this approach..." he answered.
"We'll come to that in a moment," I said. "But first:
how do you feel when someone gets in your face? How do you feel
when someone tries to intimidate you?"
"Well, I guess I wouldn't like it," he offered.
"Close your eyes," I suggested. "Imagine that someone
is 'In Your Face.' Shouting at you. Making you feel bad. Like a
drill instructor in boot camp. How do you feel? What's going through
your mind?"
He opened his eyes. He looked pale. Anxious.
"I couldn't think. I was upset. Nervous," he said.
That's usually how other people feel when someone gets "In
Their Face." Afraid. And sometimes angry.
How open to ideas can another person be when he's afraid or hostile?
How well can another person think when he's scared or mad?
To communicate or persuade, we need empathy. To see the world through
their eyes. To hear things as they hear them. To feel what they
feel.
An old proverb says, "Before you criticize another man, walk
a mile in his shoes."
But before we can step into the other person's shoes, we must take
off our own. Take off our own beliefs. Take off our own knowledge.
Take off our own values.
Then try on the other person's. What does he believe? What does
he want? What's truly important to him? How does he think about
the matter? How does he see, hear, and feel the world?
One empathy error: the "Golden Rule as a blunt instrument"
fallacy.
The Golden Rule says, "Do unto others as you would have them
do unto you." Some people say, "I would want to be corrected
if I said something irrational. I don't mind people raising their
voices. I like arguments. I wouldn't mind 'In Your Face' libertarianism."
The Golden Rule means: "Do unto others as they would have you
do unto them." If you were them, how would you like to be treated?
"In Your Face" is a variant of The Late, Great Libertarian
Macho Flash, a destructive approach to communication that I wrote
about in 1978. Unlike fine wine, this approach grows more toxic
with age.
Empathy opens hearts for communication and persuasion.
We don't get it by standing on the other person's toes. We get it
by putting ourselves in the other person's shoes.
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Michael Cloud is author of the acclaimed book
Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion
available exclusively from the Advocates. In 2000, Michael was
honored with the Thomas Paine
Award as the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America.
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Dr.
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Dr.
Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In
this column she offers short answers to real questions about libertarianism.
To submit questions to Dr. Ruwart, see end of column.
How
would libertarians help the homeless?
QUESTION: "I am a student and I am currently conducting
a research project on the issue of homelessness. I was reading your
page on libertarianism and was wondering whether you would help
the homeless or not."
MY
SHORT ANSWER: The primary cause of homelessness is government
regulation in the form of zoning restrictions, building codes, and
construction moratoriums, which raise housing prices above what
many can pay. (See William Tucker's The Excluded Americans:
Homelessness and Housing Policies.) Consequently, homelessness
is higher in cities that have more of these regulations.
During my years as a landlady to low-income tenants, building inspectors
told me to install new kitchen counters a couple of inches longer
or to rebuild staircases to increase width by an inch. When I pointed
out that these expensive and unnecessary changes would increase
rents for the poor who lived there, one inspector replied, "Good.
We'll get these people out of our city." Other Michigan landlords
told me similar stories. We didn't have homelessness in our small
town until the city decided to make annual housing inspections mandatory,
and compelled landlords to make such ridiculous changes.
Even Mother Teresa's helpers were no match for government regulators.
In 1988, Mother Teresa's order, the Missionaries of Charity, bought
two abandoned buildings from New York City at $1 apiece and raised
$500,000 for repairs. The city approved their plans for a homeless
shelter, but after construction had begun, inspectors demanded installation
of a $100,000 elevator. The nuns didn't want to spend 20% of their
funds on something that wouldn't really help the poor, but the city
wouldn't budge. In frustration, the good Sisters abandoned the project.
The street people of New York City, who would have been thrilled
to live in these buildings even without an elevator, remained homeless.
In a libertarian society, these regulations and restrictions that
put people out on the street wouldn't exist. Homelessness would
be less of a problem, but it might still exist for those incapable
of supporting themselves. However, the help available to those unfortunates
would be much greater.
Our welfare bureaucracy wastes the tax dollars that we target for
the needy. For example, in 1992, enough taxes were budgeted for
aid to give every poor family of four $35,756, or $4,700 more than
the average family income at the time! (That's according to J.C.
Goodman, G.W. Reed, and P.S. Ferrara in "Why Not Abolish the
Welfare State?" It was published in 1994 by the National Center
for Policy Analysis in Dallas, TX.) The poor get very little of
this windfall, however. Instead, as much as 74 cents of every dollar
goes to program administrators! (That figure comes from R.L. Woodson's
"Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Private Sector Alternatives to
the Welfare State." The 1988 study was published by Commonwealth
Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives in Harrisburg, PA.)
In addition, these administrators don't seek out the homeless. If
you aren't able to walk into the welfare office and provide an address,
you won't get a check. Consequently, the poorest of the poor, the
homeless, have no access to tax-supported welfare.
Today, the most destitute and helpless of our society rely almost
entirely on the private sector for aid. People donate their spare
change; church-run soup kitchens provide an occasional hot meal;compassionate
health-care workers give free medical attention.
In a libertarian society, people would be wealthier and more able
to help the homeless. Of course, fewer people would need such help
once the government regulations no longer made housing unaffordable
for them!
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Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers! If you'd
like answers to YOUR "tough questions" on libertarian
issues, email 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 previous Liberator Online answers are archived
in searchable form.
Dr. Ruwart's outstanding books Healing Our World and
Short Answers to the Tough Questions are available
from the Advocates.
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Word
Choices: Try "Abundance"
By
Sharon Harris, Advocates President
Continuing
our discussion about choosing more effective words:
Libertarians are well aware that one of the benefits of a free society
is that virtually everyone would be better off economically. So
we talk about "prosperity for all."
But "prosperity" is an abstract term that many people
have trouble imagining. It's hard to create a visual image of prosperity.
To illustrate: close your eyes and try to visualize widespread "prosperity"
in, say, an impoverished African nation. It's difficult, if not
impossible, to do.
Now try to picture abundance in that same country. It's
much easier to conceive of abundant supplies of food, clothing,
etc., being sold in a town market, or arriving as aid. It's easy
to imagine even the poorest families having an abundance
of food at the table.
Further, for some listeners, the word "prosperity" may
also have negative connotations. Some think of it as "excess
wealth" that goes to the other guy, not to them, or
to a greedy and wasteful elite, instead of all people. Abundance,
however, can easily be understood as universal and desirable.
Bottom line: Both "prosperity" and "abundance"
mean wealth and plenty. But "abundance" is a less abstract
word that has more positive connotations.
Try it and see!
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Once people see the world-famous World's Smallest Political Quiz,
they never see politics the same again. Make sure you have plenty
on hand to give to anyone who's interested in politics. Essential
for outreach booths, speeches, classrooms, campaigns, and anywhere
else you want to open minds to liberty. Deluxe version, 3-1/2"
x 5-3/4" -- fits in wallet or shirt pocket.
2)
Fifty FREE "Classic Size" Quizzes:
The World's Smallest Political Quiz, business-card
size. Like the Deluxe version above, it's been redesigned and features
the famous ten Quiz questions. (It lacks some of the outreach material
that the Deluxe size features.) Fits nicely in your wallet. Always
have plenty of Quizzes on hand!
AND ALSO:
3)
A FREE book bag: This handsome cloth book
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Libertarian Heritage" and features artwork of Thomas Jefferson,
the Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell. The other side features
four of the libertarian sponsors of our 20th Anniversary Celebration.
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