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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* December
15: Bill of Rights Day
* Lights of Liberty: There's still time!
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
February 22-25, 2007: Sharon Harris speaks at the FSP's Liberty
Forum
*
Republican Liberty Caucus Honors Advocates President
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
Congressman Ron Paul: No Draft!
* Cut Crime by 60%: Legalize Drugs
* Milton Friedman: A Glorious Life for Liberty
* QUICK SHOTS: Why we love government; Milking taxpayers and
consumers...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#216
*
"Hope Can Make the Difference" by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* Can the
private sector really handle the problem of poverty?
ONE-MINUTE
LIBERTY TIP
*
Sunday School, by Sharon Harris
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PRODUCT REVIEW
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President's
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Dear
friends,
Mark
your calendars!
A very important U.S. civic holiday is coming up -- one that far
too many Americans are not aware of.
Perhaps you can help bring it to their attention.
December 15 is "Bill of Rights Day" -- a day to celebrate,
honor and renew support for our precious Bill of Rights.
It was on December 15, 1791 that the Bill of Rights -- the first
ten amendments to the United States Constitution -- went into effect.
One hundred and fifty years later, in 1941, "Bill of Rights
Day" was officially recognized as a national civic holiday.
The Bill of Rights is, of course, the great protector of American
liberties. It boldly declares that people have certain inalienable
rights that government cannot abridge -- fundamental rights like
freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to keep and bear
arms, and more. It also provides procedures for defending those
rights -- such as fair trials and limits on federal power.
The Bill of Rights doesn't just belong to America. It has inspired
freedom fighters around the world. The Founders viewed their Revolution
as the first blow in a struggle to win liberty for all
the people of the world -- so the Bill of Rights is truly a document
for everyone.
That's why I hope libertarians and other freedom lovers will use
this upcoming Bill of Rights Day as an opportunity to teach their
families, friends, neighbors and others about our precious heritage.
It's a great time for a letter to the editor of your local
newspaper, discussing the vital importance of our Bill of Rights
freedoms and calling for reflection on our heritage -- and urging
citizens to speak out against current calls to sacrifice liberty
for (alleged) security.
To help with that, here's a short summary of the Bill of Rights,
prepared by students at Liberty Middle School in Ashley, Virginia.
(I've added just a few words.) While this condensed version doesn't
have the majesty, depth and detail of the entire document, it is
short and easy to understand, and may be useful to you in discussions
and letters:
THE BILL OF RIGHTS: First Ten Amendments to the Constitution
1.
Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
right to assemble peaceably, right to petition the government
about grievances.
2. Right to keep and bear arms.
3. Citizens do not have to quarter soldiers during
peacetime.
4. No unreasonable searches and seizures.
5. Rights of the accused.
6. Right to a fair trial.
7. Right to a trial by jury in civil cases also.
8. No cruel and unusual punishments.
9. Unenumerated rights go to the people.
10. Reserves all powers not given to the national
government to the states or the people.
All
Americans should be familiar with their Bill of Rights freedoms.
Sadly, numerous surveys indicate most are not. A 1991 poll commissioned
by the American Bar Association found that only 33% of Americans
surveyed even knew what the Bill of Rights was!
Those of us who love liberty should do our best to correct that.
Happy Bill of Rights Day!
(For more on Bill of Rights day, and some suggested activities,
see the Web site of Jews
for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.)
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LIGHTS
OF LIBERTY: Speaking of writing letters to the editor and
other libertarian activism, you still have time to qualify for our
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Presidential Library, an AUTOGRAPHED collector's set of every campaign
book written by every Libertarian Party presidential candidate from
1972's John Hospers to 2004's Michael Badnarik!
Most importantly, every person who qualifies encourages others by
their example to engage in these vital outreach activities. See
details by clicking here.
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* 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.
*
Republican Liberty Caucus Honors Advocates President: The
Republican Liberty Caucus, which works to put libertarian ideas
in effect through activism in the Republican Party, honored Sharon
Harris with a "Champion of Liberty" award for her "exceptional
contribution to liberty" as Advocates president. Thanks, RLC!
Click here to learn more about
the Republican Liberty Caucus.
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Good News,
Bad
News,
Unbelievable News |
By
James W. Harris
Congressman
Ron Paul: No Draft!
xxx
 We're
hearing calls for a return to military slavery -- i.e., the draft
-- from both the left and the right these days. Indeed, some powerful
Democrats are making this a major issue.
Libertarian Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) responded to this last week:
"Once again the possibility of reinstating a military draft
is being discussed in Washington, and while the idea seems remote
it is not unthinkable.
"Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel of New York, soon to
be a powerful committee chair, has openly called for reinstating
the Selective Service System. Retired Army General Barry McCaffrey
claims that our ground forces in both Afghanistan and Iraq are stretched
far too thin, and desperately need reinforcements. Meanwhile, other
political and military leaders suggest that several hundred thousand
additional troops might be needed simply to restore some semblance
of order in Iraq. We are nearing the point where a choice will have
to be made: either decrease our troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan
significantly, or produce thousands of new military recruits quickly.
So a discussion of military conscription is not purely academic.
"Yet the Department of Defense remains steadfastly opposed
to a draft. A Pentagon report stated that draft registration could
be eliminated "with no effect on military mobilization and
no measurable effect on military recruitment." Most military
experts believe a draft would actually impair military readiness,
despite the increase in raw manpower, because of training and morale
problems.
"So why is the idea of a draft even considered? One answer
is that our military forces are spread far too thin, engaged in
conflicts around the globe that are none of our business. With hundreds
of thousands of troops stationed in literally hundreds of foreign
nations, we simply don't have enough soldiers to invade and occupy
every country labeled a threat or deemed ripe for regime change.
Given the choice, many in Congress would rather draft more young
bodies than rethink our role as world policeman and bring some of
our troops home.
"Military needs aside, some politicians simply love the thought
of mandatory service to the federal government. The political right
favors sending young people to fight in aggressive wars like Iraq.
The political left longs to send young people into harm's way to
save the world in places like Darfur. But both sides share the same
belief that citizens should serve the needs of the state -- a belief
our founders clearly rejected in the Declaration of Independence.
"To many politicians, the American government is America. This
is why, on a crude level, the draft appeals to patriotic fervor.
Compulsory national service, whether in the form of military conscription
or make-work programs like AmeriCorps, still sells on Capitol Hill.
Conscription is wrongly associated with patriotism, when really
it represents collectivism and involuntary servitude.
"I believe wholeheartedly that an all-volunteer military is
not only sufficient for national defense, but also preferable. It
is time to abolish the Selective Service System and resign military
conscription to the dustbin of American history. Five hundred million
dollars have been wasted on Selective Service since 1979, money
that could have been returned to taxpayers or spent to improve the
lives of our nation's veterans.
"Ronald Reagan said it best: "The most fundamental objection
to draft registration is moral." The notion of involuntary
servitude, in whatever form, is simply incompatible with a free
society."
Source: Ron Paul, Texas
Straight Talk (November 27, 2006)
xxx
Cut
Crime In Half: Re-Legalize Drugs
Howard
Roberts is deputy chief constable of Nottinghamshire and one of
Britain's most senior police officers. Recently he cited studies
indicating that up to 60% of all British crime is "drug-related"
-- that is, either caused by addicts stealing to pay exorbitant
black market prices for their drugs, or by drug sellers battling
to dominate the illegal market in drugs.
These aren't problems caused by the drugs. They are problems caused
by drug prohibition. The average British addict commits an estimated
432 crimes per year -- robberies, burglaries, and assaults -- to
get money to pay for his drugs.
Roberts recently told an Association of Chief Police Officers' conference
that obtaining drugs on the black market costs an addict about 15,000
pounds (about $30,0000) per year -- and in order to raise that,
an addict must steal about 45,000 pounds a year ($90,000) worth
of property.
Said Roberts: "[T]here is an undeniable link between addicted
offenders and appalling levels of criminality, as heroin and crack
cocaine addicts commit crime from burglary to robbery to sometimes
murder, to get the money to buy drugs to satisfy their addiction.
The resulting misery to society is huge."
Further, the British Drug War has utterly failed to stop the use
and sale of drugs. Britain has the highest heroin use rate in Europe.
Writing in the London Sunday Times, columnist Simon Jenkins
notes:
"A young American friend last week visited Camden Lock, north
London, and returned amazed. In a hundred yards he was offered brazenly
in the street just about every drug he could imagine. It was easier
to buy cannabis or cocaine than a cigarette or a can of beer. The
experience could have been repeated in any city centre in Britain.
The drug market is totally unregulated and as a result totally dangerous."
No wonder, then, that the British government is experimenting again
with its 1960s policy of prescribing heroin to hardcore addicts.
Supporters justify the experiment on pragmatic grounds: it is cheaper
(and safer) to give these addicts their drugs rather than have them
commit hundreds of crimes per year to purchase them. Further, with
access to their drugs no longer a problem, many addicts can leave
the criminal underworld and live normal and productive lives.
Recently in Britain the international organization Law Enforcement
Against Prohibition -- composed of present and former police chiefs
-- testified for the urgent need for drug reform. American Jack
Cole told his British audience that when U.S. alcohol Prohibition
was ended in 1933 "we put Al Capone out of business overnight
-- and we can do the same to the drug lords and terrorists who make
over $500 billion a year selling illegal drugs round the world."
In his London Sunday Times article, Simon Jenkins also
made another point too often overlooked by drug reformers: individual
liberty and responsibility. Said Jenkins:
"Most drug users can handle the harm [their drug use] undoubtedly
does them personally. To this extent there is no justification for
the state interfering in a private activity. As with the control
of alcohol, the regulation of outlets should be required only to
protect minors, prevent adulteration and collect taxes. Other European
countries are moving in this direction, at least with ecstasy, cannabis
and heroin."
Such thinking in Britain -- a country that has modeled its policies
after the failed U.S. model for too many years -- is refreshing.
(Though we disagree with the "collect taxes" part!)
We can only hope that similar arguments will be heard more often
in the United States, too.
Sources:
The
London Times (November 22, 2006)
Sunday
London Times (November 26, 2006)
United
Press International (November 23, 2006)
InTheNews.co.uk
(November 22, 2006)
The
Guardian (July 15, 2001)
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Milton
Friedman: A Glorious Life for Liberty
xxx
 Let
us celebrate a glorious, wonderfully-lived life even as we mourn
its close. Milton Friedman, one of the greatest libertarian thinkers
and popularizers in history, passed away on November 16, 2006 at
the age of 94. He was active in fighting for libertarian ideals
right up until his death.
A few years ago the libertarian magazine Liberty declared
Milton Friedman "Libertarian of the Century." They wrote,
"For decades, this Nobel Prize winning free market economist
has been a tireless champion of liberty. For many years he stood
almost alone as a widely known academically respected defender of
free markets, individual liberty, and limited government."
Similarly, Richard M. Ebeling and Sheldon Richman of the Foundation
for Economic Education note that, "Friedman did more than any
single person in our time to teach the public the merits of deregulation,
privatization, low taxes, and free trade."
Friedman was an outspoken defender of free markets and personal
liberty at a time when such ideas were almost universally scorned
by intellectuals and the public. His good humor, sharp wit, enormous
intellect and great persistence forced those ideas increasingly
into the world political debate.
Friedman made immense contributions to economic theory, writing
highly influential scholarly books and papers. He was also a teacher
and a presidential advisor.
At the same time, he labored to take libertarian ideas directly
to the public. He wrote a widely read column in Newsweek
from 1966 to 1983. The public reacted enthusiastically to his clear,
persuasive writing in such monumental books as Capitalism and
Freedom (1962) -- one of the most influential defenses of the
free market ever written -- and Free to Choose, which became
the best-selling nonfiction book of 1980 and the basis of his extremely
influential ten-part television series by the same title.
Similarly, his 1984 book The Tyranny of the Status Quo,
another bestseller, also became a TV series. (Both books were co-written
with his wife Rose Friedman, also an economist.)
Friedman was passionately devoted to personal liberty as well as
economics, and he was a bold pro-freedom voice on many controversial
issues. He was one of the most effective opponents of the military
draft during the Vietnam War. Indeed, so powerful were his arguments
that some say they are the chief reason there has not been a draft
since. "In the realm of policy," Friedman said, "I
regard eliminating the draft as my most important accomplishment."
He was also one of the leading and most persuasive opponents of
the War on Drugs. Many free-market conservatives became convinced
by his anti-Drug War writings and speeches. In "An Open Letter
to [Drug Czar] Bill Bennett," published in The Wall Street
Journal (September 7, 1989), he made the consequences of the
Drug War clear in unforgettable language: "Every friend of
freedom... must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning
the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled
with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to
invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence."
He was equally influential on so many other important issues: school
choice, occupational licensing, free trade... the list goes on and
on.
"The two ideas of human freedom and economic freedom working
together came to their greatest fruition in the United States,"
Friedman wrote in Free To Choose."Those ideas are
still very much with us. We are all of us imbued with them. They
are part of the very fabric of our being. But we have been straying
from them. We have been forgetting the basic truth that the greatest
threat to human freedom is the concentration of power, whether in
the hands of government or anyone else. We have persuaded ourselves
that it is safe to grant power, provided it is for good reasons.
Fortunately, we are waking up. We are again recognizing the dangers
of an overgoverned society, coming to understand that good objectives
can be perverted by bad means, that reliance on the freedom of people
to control their own lives in accordance with their own values is
the surest way to achieve the full potential of a great society."
Friedman's writings and speeches will enlighten generations to come,
and his life will continue to inspire freedom activists around the
world.
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QUICK
SHOTS...
*
Why we love government:
"We love government because it enables us to accomplish things
that if done privately would lead to arrest and imprisonment. For
example, if I saw a person in need, and I took your money to help
him, I'd be arrested and convicted of theft. If I get Congress to
do the same thing, I am seen as compassionate. This vision ought
to bother the Christians among us, for when God gave Moses the commandment
'Thou shalt not steal,' I'm sure He didn't mean thou shalt not steal
unless you got a majority vote in Congress." -- Syndicated
columnist Walter Williams (November 29, 2006)
* Milking taxpayers and consumers: The U.S. dairy
program subsidizes milk production and regulates dairy prices --
and hurts virtually everyone, according to a new study by the libertarian
Cato Institute. "The current system costs taxpayers more than
$4 billion per year in subsidies and adds millions of dollars to
the grocery bills of American consumers and to the costs of food
product manufacturers," the study says. Further, "In order
to preserve domestic prices above the world prices for dairy products,
the U.S. government maintains prohibitively high tariffs on imported
dairy products." Not only does that keep prices high, it "invites
scorn and retaliation from our trade partners and is one more agricultural
program that exposes the United States to charges of hypocrisy as
it seeks to paint itself as a country in favor of free markets and
opportunity for all." Conclusion: "A better policy would
be one that allows farmers to make their living, like other entrepreneurs,
from markets rather than a government check."
Sources:
Walter
Williams
Dairy
Subsidies
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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
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Persuasion Power
Point
#216 |
Hope Can
Make the Difference
By
Michael Cloud
Rats can
teach us a lot about the power of hope.
That's what Dr. C.P. Richter of Johns Hopkins discovered almost
50 years ago.
He wanted to find out whether hope had a measurable impact on the
behavior of rats. So he devised an experiment. Dr. Richter put rats
into containers of water. They couldn't get out. They couldn't touch
bottom. They had to swim or drown.
In less than an hour, the rats were nearly exhausted. Dr. Richter's
lab team lifted half the rats out of the water for a few moments.
Then they put the rats back into the water.
The other rats were left in the water.
The rats that were briefly rescued -- the rats that were given hope
-- kept swimming for more than three days. The other rats drowned
shortly after the rescued rats were put back in the water.
Giving the rats hope made a huge difference.
Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman tested the other side of the question.
What happens when you take away hope?
He and his fellow psychologists experimented with "learned
helplessness." What happens when you set up an experiment to
teach animals that there's nothing they can do? That they are helpless?
The animals gave up. Suffered and surrendered. Just like the rats
that drowned.
Giving hope or taking it away affects us, too.
Reading just one story about libertarian progress or success can
give us enough hope to persevere. Reading toxic tales of Big Government's
growth can drain us of hope.
Hope is oxygen for your spirit. You need hope to live.
Briefly rescue yourself with inspiring stories about libertarians
of the past. Frederic Bastiat, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Sam
Adams, Richard Cobden and John Bright, William Lloyd Garrison, Rose
Wilder Lane, Isabel Patterson, Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Henry
Hazlitt, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, and Harry Browne.
Then do something to advance the cause of liberty. Forward pro-freedom
essays and articles to interested friends and family members. Have
libertarian conversations with people who are receptive and responsive.
Get your freedom-leaning friends to subscribe to the Liberator Online
-- a gift that gives year round.
Buy libertarian Christmas and Hanukkah gifts. Birthday gifts. Books,
CDs, and DVDs.
Send a fan letter or thank-you note to someone who's working for
liberty. A libertarian activist. Candidate. A leader of a libertarian
organization. That libertarian writer or speaker you admire. Your
message may arrive just when they need it most.
Giving hope to others will give you hope.
All you need is a small dose of hope.
Because a little hope goes a long way.
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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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Ask
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.
Can
the private sector really handle the problem of poverty?
QUESTION: "I understand that libertarians believe
welfare should be handled by private charities. Which would be great,
but... what if not enough private charites step up?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Government regulations, which would not exist
in a libertarian society, create most of today's poverty by destroying
jobs and the wealth that they create. In Chapter 12 of my book Healing
Our World, I estimate, from published studies, that the U.S.
would have 3-15 times as much wealth as it does today. (You can
purchase the 2003 edition of Healing Our World from the
Advocates by clicking
here, or get a free download of the 1992 version at www.Ruwart.com.)
Obviously, more wealth means that more money would be available
to help the unfortunate few who still could not support themselves.
Instead of government welfare, where about 75% of our tax dollar
goes to those who administer the programs, private charities, on
average, give about 75% of each dollar to the needy. Without the
high cost of bureaucratic overhead and government-created poverty,
the poor would have more in a libertarian society.
Would enough people contribute to the poor to make this happen?
With fewer poor and more wealth, it's difficult to imagine otherwise.
The poor in a wealthy society always have more, which is why it's
better to be poor in the U.S. than in India.
Ironically, the most unfortunate people in the US -- the homeless
-- are literally left out in the cold by our current system. To
qualify for welfare in most states, a person has to provide a home
address. Naturally, the homeless, by definition, can't meet that
requirement.
Today, the homeless depend almost exclusively on the private sector--
when government permits it. Mother Teresa's order, the Missionaries
of Charity, bought two abandoned New York City buildings in 1988.
Even though the sisters' plans for a homeless shelter had been approved,
the city inspectors belatedly decided that an elevator had to be
installed. The cost was so great that the nuns had to abandon the
project. The homeless, who would have enjoyed having a roof over
their head, with or without an elevator, were once again literally
left out in the cold. Needless to say, this would not happen in
a libertarian society.
Studies in nations throughout the world demonstrate that more freedom
means less poverty. Check out
www.FreeTheWorld.com
for some great data on the subject!
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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 |
...
Sunday
School
By
Sharon Harris, Advocates President
It can
be difficult to introduce the concept of getting government out
of education. Here's an interesting approach I learned from Advocates
Founder Marshall Fritz:
"Most Americans are in agreement about 'separation of CHURCH
and STATE.' We don't want government involved in Sunday School.
We don't want them deciding what curriculum we'll use, picking the
teachers, or commanding that we send our children there every Sunday.
"Maybe it's also a good idea for government not to be involved
in Monday School, Tuesday School, Wednesday
School..."
I've found this to be a real eye-opener. It has just enough humor
to make people smile, and just enough of a surprise twist to get
them thinking!
It's just the beginning, of course. But it's a great foot-in-the-door.
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