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The Liberator Online
Vol. 11, No. 23 | November 16, 2006
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* Exciting
Quiz breakthroughs!
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
February 22-25, 2007: Sharon Harris speaks at the FSP's Liberty
Forum
*
Major newspaper praises World's Smallest Political Quiz
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
Minimum Wage: You Can't Keep A Bad Idea Down
* Prominent Journalist Takes Quiz, Scores Libertarian
* New York Times: The Libertarian Voting Bloc
* Should Your Internet Provider Spy On You?
* QUICK SHOTS: Ron Paul on gun control; Iraq and regime change...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#215
*
"What Would Harry Browne Say?" by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* What
are my rights as a homeowner?
* What happened to property rights?
ONE-MINUTE
LIBERTY TIP
*
When Libertarians Should Call for a Higher Minimum Wage, by Sharon
Harris
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PRODUCT REVIEW
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President's
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Dear
friends,
The
amazing World's Smallest Political Quiz continues to reach millions
of people -- at an ever-accelerating pace!
Just in the past few days I've come across some exciting -- and
very encouraging -- examples.
1) The online Quiz has been taken more than 8.6
million times. And over 3 million times this year alone!
2) On Monday November 13, nationally-syndicated
libertarian talk radio host Neal Boortz gave the Quiz on the air
and urged his listeners to visit our site and take the Quiz themselves.
He also praised the Quiz at his Web site. Neal's listeners responded
-- in droves. That day the Quiz was taken a whopping 44,000-plus
times! Yes, in one day!
3) As reported in this issue, The Oregonian
newspaper -- read by more than 600,000 adults in the Portland area
-- named our Quiz site "Web Site of the Week" on November
3. This major newspaper joins many others that have praised and/or
reprinted the Quiz -- including The Washington Post, USA Today,
the Miami Herald, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
and the London Sunday Times.
4) A series of ads we've launched promoting the
Quiz to teachers, journalists, elected officials and other opinion
leaders is paying off! A state legislator just contacted us, requesting
copies of the Quiz so he can pass them out to all his fellow legislators.
Also from these ads: so far almost one hundred teachers have requested
over 7,000 Quizzes for their classrooms.
This is only some of the exciting news about the Quiz that has come
my way in just
the past few days.
Why is this so very important to all who care about liberty?
Because the Quiz is arguably the most remarkable and useful tool
for libertarian outreach ever invented.
When people take it:
* They learn that libertarianism is a major part of the American
political spectrum -- that there is more to politics than just
left versus right.
* They learn that, on many key issues, libertarians are their
allies, even if they consider themselves liberals or conservatives
or centrist.
* A large percentage of Quiz takers discover they are libertarians,
or have more in common with libertarianism than any other political
philosophy.
* At our Web site, Quiz takers are given instant access to outstanding
information about libertarian ideas. Their questions are answered.
They are given the opportunity to become active in the libertarian
movement. And they are offered tools and training to help them
become ever more effective and successful in their libertarian
outreach.
What does the liberty movement need? MORE LIBERTARIANS! More specifically,
we desperately need more active, effective, knowledgeable and committed
libertarians.
The Advocates is working hard every day, around the clock, to make
this happen. I believe the numbers and examples above show we are
succeeding.
And that's good news for liberty!
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Welcome
to 650 new Liberator Online subscribers this issue. Thanks
for joining our subscription "family" of over 68,000 liberty-loving
readers in more than 100 countries!
-- Sharon Harris, President | Email: sharon(a)TheAdvocates.org
PS:
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Happening With The Advocates
* February 22-25, 2007: Advocates President Sharon
Harris will join a group of outstanding speakers at the Free State
Project's "New Hampshire Liberty Forum: Attaining Personal
and Economic Freedom in America's Freest State" in Concord.
Also speaking will be John Stossel from ABC's 20/20 and
Jack Cole from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). For more
information, click
here.
*
Quiz praised by (yet another) major newspaper: The
Oregonian newspaper is read by more than 600,000 adults in
the Portland area. So we were very pleased when that newspaper designated
our Quiz site "Web
Site of the Week" on November 3, 2006. The article did
an excellent job of describing the Quiz and explaining why it was
created, urging readers to "Take your political pulse [and]
know where you stand this Election Day" by taking the Quiz.
Thanks!
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Good News,
Bad
News,
Unbelievable News |
By
James W. Harris
Minimum
Wage Hike: You Can't Keep A Bad Idea Down
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Some
economic fallacies never die. They just go into hiding for a while,
then suddenly come roaring back to plague us again.
Take the minimum wage.
The newly-elected Democratic congress has announced that one of
its top priorities is to dramatically increase the federal minimum
wage. Prominent Republicans -- including the president -- agree.
It's a wretched idea, however. An increase in the minimum wage will
inevitably cause harm to huge numbers of the very low-income workers
it is supposed to help. It will destroy many entry-level jobs, cause
significant unemployment and poverty, and have many other negative
effects.
This used to be the common wisdom. Indeed, a 1978 survey taken by
the American Economic Review found that fully 90% of economists
agreed or partly agreed with the statement, "a minimum wage
increases unemployment among young and unskilled workers."
In 1987 even the liberal New York Times called for the
total abolition of the minimum wage, declaring, "There's a
virtual consensus among economists that the minimum wage is an idea
whose time has passed. Raising the minimum wage by a substantial
amount would price working poor people out of the job market."
However, the minimum wage fallacy was snatched from the graveyard
of dead political ideas in the 1990s by two highly controversial
studies that claimed to find little or no job displacement from
the minimum wage. Those studies relied on "fantastically faulty
methodology," according to a new study by the non-profit Employment
Policies Institute. (See links below for more on this study.) But
that was enough to revive the idea politically.
Hoover Institution economist David Henderson, an expert on the minimum
wage, recently summed up the fundamental arguments against it in
the Wall Street Journal:
"In raising the minimum wage, the government doesn't guarantee
jobs. It guarantees only that those who get jobs will be paid
at least that minimum. But precisely by requiring this, the government
destroys jobs. Someone to whom an employer was willing to pay
only the current minimum wage of $5.15 might not produce enough
to be worth paying, say, $7.25."
Raising the minimum wage, Henderson says, "will help only a
subset of the people it is thought to help, and will help them only
a little -- while hurting some of them a lot."
According to Henderson, the proposed increase from $5.15 to $7.25
-- a 40% increase -- could mean the loss of up to 1.6 million jobs,
especially entry-level jobs that allow young people to gain valuable
work skills that let them move on to better-paying jobs.
Recent history bears this out. A 1997 National Bureau of Economic
Research study estimated that the federal minimum-wage hike of 1996
and 1997 actually increased the number of poor families by 4.5 percent.
Other studies indicate that employers, faced with having to pay
more for labor, cut back benefits such as health insurance or on-the-job
training. Others cut back hours, force employees to work harder,
replace workers with automation, or simply eliminate jobs altogether.
(Remember movie ushers, elevator operators, and gas station attendants?)
Is there a better way to help low-wage workers -- without harming
so many of them? Yes, says Jim Cox, author of the booklet Minimum
Wage, Maximum Damage, published by the Advocates. De-tax them!
The working poor are hit with taxes everywhere they turn, including
taxes on such essentials as food, clothing, housing and transportation.
They must also pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. Free these
workers from this government- imposed burden. Let them keep the
full wages they earn. This would benefit them far more than the
minimum wage -- without the minimum wage's disastrous effects.
Sources: "If
Only Most Americans Understood," David Henderson, Wall
Street Journal (subscription required)
Employment
Policies Institute: "New
Study Reveals Faulty Methodology Behind Minimum Wage Research"
National Center for Policy Analysis: "The
Negative Effects of the Minimum Wage"
"Minimum-wage
high jinks," Stephen Chapman, Chicago Tribune
(Oct. 22, 2006)
Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage,
by Jim Cox
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Prominent
California Columnist Takes Quiz, Scores Libertarian
Daniel
Weintraub is the California columnist for the editorial pages of
the Sacramento Bee, one of the four largest California
newspapers, with an average daily readership of over 600,000 and
a Sunday readership of almost 800,000.
Weintraub is also, according to the World's Smallest Political Quiz,
very libertarian in his political leanings. Weintraub recently took
the Quiz and posted the results -- along with a screen capture of
his Quiz score -- on his blog, "California Insider."
Weintraub scored solidly in the Libertarian section of the Quiz
chart, with a noticeable leftward tilt. Weintraub also provided
a link to the Quiz, so that visitors to his popular Weblog could
take it themselves.
Weintraub's score doesn't surprise California libertarian activist
Daniel Wiener, a regular reader and fan. "Weintraub is one
of the fairest and most insightful columnists around, and his blog
and columns always have lots of good information about politics
in California," Weiner said. "After reading his stuff
for several years, this is about where I'd have also classified
him, even without benefit of the Quiz."
Weintraub has covered California government and politics since 1987.
He was a Capitol correspondent with the Los Angeles Times
for eight years and Capitol Bureau Chief for the libertarian-oriented
Orange County Register for six years before moving to The
Bee.
Weintraub's "California Insider" blog offers items and
insights about state politics and state capitol goings-on.
Wouldn't it be nice if more columnists would take the Quiz and share
the results? Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend.
(Special
thanks to Daniel Wiener and Adam Starchild.)
Source:
"California
Insider" blog
Take
the World's Smallest Political Quiz.
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The
Libertarian Voting Bloc
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New
York Times columnist John Tierney writes: "Libertarian
voters tend to get ignored by political strategists because they're
not easy to categorize or organize. They don't congregate in churches
or union halls; they don't unite to push political agendas. Many
don't even call themselves libertarians, although they qualify because
of their social liberalism and economic conservatism: they want
the government out of their bedrooms as well as their wallets.
"They distrust moral busybodies of both parties, and they may
well be the most important bloc of swing voters this election, as
David Boaz and David Kirby conclude in a new study for the Cato
Institute. Analyzing a variety of voter surveys, they estimate that
libertarians make up about 15 percent of voters -- a bloc roughly
comparable in size to liberals and to conservative Christians, and
far bigger than blocs like NASCAR dads or soccer moms."
Source:
Columnist
John Tierney, New York Times (Oct. 31, 2006)
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Should
Your Internet Provider Spy On You?
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Should
your Internet provider be required by the federal government to
maintain records of all the sites you visit on the Web?
Should search engines like Google be required to keep permanent
records of your Web searches?
Many in the federal government -- Democrats and Republicans alike
-- say yes. And renowned CNET tech reporter Declan McCullagh says
this is going to be one of the hottest privacy battles of the coming
year.
Look for the FBI and other government agencies to push hard for
this legislation when the new Congress convenes in early 2007.
The idea was recently endorsed by the International Association
of Chiefs of Police. FBI director Robert Mueller praised that endorsement,
saying:
"Terrorists coordinate their plans cloaked in the anonymity
of the Internet, as do violent sexual predators prowling chat rooms...
All too often, we find that before we can catch these offenders,
Internet service providers have unwittingly deleted the very records
that would help us identify these offenders and protect future victims,"
Mueller said. "We must find a balance between the legitimate
need for privacy and law enforcement's clear need for access."
It's to be expected that this privacy grab, like so many others,
will be cloaked under the guises of fighting terrorism and protecting
children. And of course, our "legitimate need for privacy"
-- or rather, our right to privacy -- must be "balanced."
("Balanced" is too often a government euphemism for "obliterated.")
This is the classic government rhetoric we've come to expect before
a major curtailment of our rights.
What might such laws require? CNET's McCullagh gives some possibilities:
* Require your Internet service providers (ISP) to keep permanent
records of your Web surfing habits. (Currently ISPs keep this
information for varying lengths of time, until it is no longer
needed for business reasons such as network monitoring or stopping
fraud.)
* Require registrars (companies that sell domain names) to maintain
permanent records of your searches and requests.
* Require search engines to keep permanent traceable logs of all
your searches.
Is such a drastic invasion of our privacy really necessary for the
government to fight terrorists and child molesters? No. McCullagh
notes that current federal law already requires ISPs to retain any
record in their possession for 90 days "upon the request of
a governmental entity."
Thus, notes McCullagh: "Industry representatives say that if
police respond to tips promptly instead of dawdling, it would be
difficult to imagine any investigation that would be imperiled"
by the lack of mandatory retention of your personal Web surfing
history.
But since when has reason and common sense stopped the government
from trying to expand its snooping powers?
Source:
CNET, "FBI
director wants ISPs to track users"
(Oct. 17, 2006)
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Gun Control:
"The gun control debate generally ignores the historical and
philosophical underpinnings of the Second amendment. The Second
amendment is not about hunting deer or keeping a pistol in your
nightstand. It is not about protecting oneself against common criminals.
It is about preventing tyranny. The Founders knew that unarmed citizens
would never be able to overthrow a tyrannical government as they
did. They envisioned government as a servant, not a master, of the
American people. The muskets they used against the British Army
were the assault rifles of that time. It is practical, rather than
alarmist, to understand that unarmed citizens cannot be secure in
their freedoms." -- U.S. Congressman Ron
Paul (R-TX), "Gun Control on the Back Burner"
(Nov. 6, 2006)
* Regime Change: "On Tuesday night, in an
ironic turnaround, Iraq brought regime change to the U.S."
-- Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live (Nov.
11, 2006)
Sources:
Ron
Paul
Saturday
Night Live
.
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"Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News" is written by
Liberator Online editor James W. Harris. His articles have
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Finalist for the Mencken Award, given by the Free Press Association
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Persuasion Power
Point
#215 |
"What
Would Harry Browne Say?"
By
Michael Cloud
Have you
ever been in a political conversation where you're just not getting
through? A conversation where you can't find the right words --
the words that would open the other person's heart and mind to libertarianism?
Have you ever encountered that one person you just can't reach?
The person that you know would welcome libertarian ideas -- if only
you knew how to say it right?
I have. You have, too.
Would you like an easy, enjoyable, and effective way to find the
right words?
Here's one approach that works wonders.
Who's the most persuasive libertarian you've ever read or heard?
Thomas Paine? Frederic Bastiat? Thomas Jefferson? Patrick Henry?
Henry Hazlitt? Harry Browne?
I'd choose Harry Browne. For this experiment, pretend you would,
too.
Ask yourself a few questions: How would Harry Browne look at this
issue? What would he consider important? Unimportant? Why?
Then ask: What would Harry Browne say?
Say it. Listen to how the other person responds.
Then ask: How would Harry Browne respond to that?
Say it. Listen. And continue the conversation as if you were Harry
Browne.
You may be surprised by how much you learned from Harry Browne's
books and speeches and interviews.
And startled by how differently the other person responds when you
speak and listen the way Harry Browne did. It's simply a matter
of acting as if you were Harry Browne. Of imagining you were to
speak or listen or write the way Harry Browne did.
You may want to read or re-read Harry Browne's books, Why Government
Doesn't Work, The Great Libertarian Offer, or Liberty A
to Z. You may want to get CDs or DVDs of Harry Browne's speeches
from the Advocates for Self-Government.
Reading or seeing or hearing Harry Browne will cause his approach
to percolate through your mind. And be there when you need it.
This approach will help you develop into a more persuasive libertarian.
It works for me. It'll work for you.
What do I do when I'm stuck or stalled or stalemated in a political
conversation?
I ask: What would Harry Browne say?
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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.
Ruwart |
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.
What
are my rights as a homeowner?
QUESTION: "What are my rights as a homeowner?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: In a libertarian society, you could do with
your home as you pleased, subject to any deed restrictions that
were in place when you bought it.
Today, however, through zoning changes or new laws, what you are
permitted by law to do with your property can change overnight.
According to a 2005 Supreme Court decision, your home can be forcibly
taken from you by eminent domain and turned over to a private developer
who is willing to pay more taxes than you are! If that makes your
blood boil, check out www.castlecoalition.org, a group trying to
convince legislators, both state and national, to stop these takeovers.
Further, in today's society, you are essentially a home renter,
rather than an owner. Even after your mortgage is paid off, the
government will take your home if you don't pay property taxes.
Some retirees on fixed incomes are appalled to find their soaring
monthly property taxes are greater than their mortgage payments
were before they "owned" their property "free and
clear." A libertarian society wouldn't have taxation, so you
wouldn't have to pay "rent" on a home that you supposedly
own!
.
What
happened to property rights?
QUESTION: "Local officials are telling me I can't
put a water well on my property. What happened to the 'land of the
free'? What happened to my property rights?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: We lost many of our rights when we asked
government to control our neighbors for our benefit -- or simply
looked the other way when others did so.
What government can do to our neighbor, it can -- and will -- do
to us. Freedom is something that we must give to others if we wish
it for ourselves.
Libertarians are working hard to reestablish our heritage. Please
join us! The rights you save may be your own!
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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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One-Minute
Liberty
Tip |
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When
Libertarians Should Call for Raising the Minimum Wage
By
Sharon Harris, Advocates President
Asking
the right questions can be a powerful way to stimulate thinking
on an issue.
When discussing the minimum wage, one question gets to the root
of the issue:
"If we can really increase wages by simply passing a law, why
are we being so stingy? Why not raise the minimum wage to $20 per
hour? Or $50 per hour? Then we could eliminate poverty altogether
for every worker."
Your respondent will quickly point out that your suggestion is ridiculous.
Few employees could afford to pay their workers such high wages.
They would have to fire most of their employees or shut down altogether.
Millions of jobs would disappear. Prices would skyrocket.
With this answer, he has just made your argument for you. He has
stated one of the major objections to even small raises in the minimum
wage: it invariably destroys jobs and creates unemployment.
You can then point out that raising the minimum wage from $5.15
to $7.25 -- as currently being proposed by Congress -- will do exactly
what he just described, to the lowest-paid and neediest workers.
Those workers who cannot produce more than $7.25 worth of value
for an employer will not be paid more -- they will simply lose their
jobs. Hundreds of thousands of jobs, sorely-needed entry level jobs,
will vanish.
This question, properly asked, creates an almost Zen-like "Aha!"
experience for some listeners. It provides a quick dose of economic
enlightenment.
It is only the start, of course. But it opens the door for more
positive discussion. Let your listener know you share his concern
about the poor and needy -- and that is exactly why you oppose the
minimum wage. Present convincing facts and figures. Offer alternative
ways to help struggling low-wage workers.
An excellent quick source of such arguments, facts and figures is
Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage,
by Jim Cox, a 40-page booklet published by the Advocates.
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