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This Issue:
Duck demands libertarian president.... President's
budget says *everything* is a priority.... Tax-victim civilian
astronaut gets second chance.... Big surprise: the laws of
economics work.... Are you reinventing the flat tire?.... New
Quiz milestone reached.... and much more!
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The Liberator Online
Vol. 12, No. 4 | February 15, 2007
Circulation: 69,463 subscribers in over 100 countries.
The world's largest-circulation libertarian publication!
Published by the Advocates for Self-Government
Edited by James W. Harris | Email: james(a)TheAdvocates.org
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
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New Quiz
milestone reached
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
February 22-25, 2007: Sharon Harris to speak at FSP's Liberty Forum
* April 21: Sharon Harris at "Women In Liberty" Minnesota LP
convention
* New "Libertarian Celebrity and VIPs" profiles
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
President's budget: everything is a priority
* Cartoon duck demands a libertarian president
* More money for failed Drug War ads
* Surprise! The laws of economics work
* Update: Civilian astronaut gets second chance
QUICK SHOTS: Read my lips -- a tax by any other name...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#220
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Are You Reinventing the Flat Tire?! by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* What will the transition from today's
society to a libertarian one be like? How will that transition
affect the poor?
ONE-MINUTE
LIBERTY TIP
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When to Take
"No" for an Answer by Sharon Harris
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PRODUCT REVIEW
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President's
Corner |
Dear
friends,
This week we reached an exciting libertarian
milestone.
The online World's Smallest Political Quiz has now
been taken more than *9 million times* since it was first put on the
Web a little over a decade ago.
Equally exciting: we hit the *8* million mark only
six months ago -- mid-September 2006.
That's an incredible pace. In fact, the Quiz was
taken an amazing 3 million times during 2006 alone!
2006 was an election year, always a time of
increased Quiz activity. But though the numbers have slowed somewhat
after the elections, as expected, we are still getting many
thousands of Quiz takers every day.
Nine million Quiz takers! And add to that the
millions more Quiz cards we've distributed, and the additional
millions more people encountering the Quiz in classrooms,
newspapers, books, on talk radio, and from other sources.
Why is this such good news for libertarians?
Because the Quiz is arguably the most effective
tool for libertarian understanding and outreach ever invented.
When people take the Quiz:
* 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 insights into their own political
views, and they think about some of today's most important -- but
often ignored -- political issues.
* They learn that, on many key issues,
libertarians are their allies, even
if they consider themselves liberals or conservatives or centrists.
* 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.
The amazing success of the Quiz is no accident.
We've spent many years developing the Quiz into a
fast, fun, effective, and honest educational tool that gives
reliable and useful insights to those who take it.
Furthermore, we have promoted it extensively for
many years to journalists, educators, activists, and other opinion
leaders.
That's why today you'll find the Quiz in the
supplementary material of a dozen major textbooks used in thousands
of high school and college classrooms. That's why today the Quiz is
seen in magazines, newspapers, and on thousands of Web sites.
This is tangible, real-world outreach success. And
it is making a real difference.
So many times I have encountered people who became
libertarians after encountering the Quiz.
And, just as importantly, many people have told me
that, while they aren't libertarians, thanks to the Quiz they now
understand what libertarians believe, and realize they share many of
those beliefs.
Multiply those remarks by millions -- and you'll
see why Quiz success is such great news for liberty.
This is just part of the work the Advocates does
for liberty. But in so many ways, the Quiz is central to everything
we do.
I hope you'll join me in celebrating this great
Quiz success.
Next issue I'll share some ways that you can help
us take the Quiz to even more people -- some of whom will be the
libertarian leaders, activists and supporters of tomorrow!
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of over 69,000 liberty-loving readers in more than 100 countries!
Learn more about the Advocates
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sharon @ TheAdvocates.org
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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.
* April 21, 2007:
Advocates President
Sharon Harris will join other leading libertarian speakers including
author Wendy McElroy, at the 2007 Libertarian Party of Minnesota
state convention. The convention theme is "Women in Liberty." Enjoy
a dinner buffet, bid on auctions, purchase pro-liberty gear, browse
exhibits, meet candidates, party officials and more! Location: the
Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomington, MN.
http://www.lpmn.org/convention_2007.php
* New "Libertarian Celebrity and VIPs" profiles:
We've been updating and revamping the world-famous "Libertarian
Celebrity and VIPs" section of our Web page. New profiles,
and newly updated ones, are prominently highlighted on the title
page. Check out what's new!
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Good News,
Bad
News,
Unbelievable News |
By
James W. Harris
President's Budget:
"Everything" Is a Priority
President Bush's new 2008 budget boldly declares that "each program
was closely reviewed to determine if it is among the Nation's top
priorities.... [F]ailure to meet these criteria resulted in proposed
termination or reduction of 141 programs for a savings of $12
billion."
Sounds pretty impressive, doesn't it? The
president is proposing to eliminate or reduce all programs that
aren't "top priorities." Wow!
But hold on. Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute
has done the math.
Says Edwards: "Total federal outlays in 2007 will
be $2.784 trillion. Thus, programs that are "top priorities" of the
Bush administration account for 99.6 percent of all spending."
So Bush proposes to ruthlessly chop away at all
that non-top-priority federal spending -- the whole whopping 0.4
percent it. Meanwhile, the 99.6 percent that is "top priority" will
continue and grow. After all, it *is* a top priority.
Source:
Cato Blog:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/
More on budget shenanigans:
http://www.reason.com/news/show/118632.html
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Duck Demands Walter
Williams for President
Libertarian economist and syndicated
columnist Walter Williams is being urged to run for the Republican
Party's presidential nomination.
By a duck. More specifically, a cartoon duck. And
even more specifically, a nationally-famous, self-declared
libertarian cartoon duck.
"Mallard Fillmore" is an enormously popular comic
strip by Bruce Tinsley, syndicated by comic strip giant King
Features and carried in more than 400 newspapers. Millions of
Americans read it daily. Written from a conservative perspective,
its main character is the tweed suit-wearing duck Mallard Fillmore.
A year ago in the Liberator Online, we noted that
on February 14, 2006, Mallard declared, "... I'm a libertarian."
Now, for the past few weeks, the libertarian duck
has been trying to draft the libertarian human Williams for
president. The strip has even printed Williams' email address, and
Williams says he's received hundreds of enthusiastic emails urging
him to run.
"I found it very funny, and I found it quite
flattering as well," Williams told the Washington Times.
But Williams -- who several years ago expressed
interest in running on the Libertarian Party ticket -- says he
almost certainly won't run. Mainly because of Mrs. Williams, who
apparently has no desire to be First Lady.
"She said that if I ever thought about it
seriously, she'd assassinate me," Williams said.
Williams agrees with cartoonist Tinsley that the
current crop of political contenders is dismal.
With one distinct exception. Williams praised
libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican and 1988 Libertarian
Party presidential nominee, who, as we recently reported, has formed
a presidential campaign exploratory committee.
"If the framers of the Constitution were somehow
to come back, Ron Paul is one of possibly only three people in
Congress that they'd even talk to," Williams said.
Sources:
The Washington Times:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070208-115701-1864r.htm
The Liberator Online:
http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/vol-11-num-5.html
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More Money for Failed Drug
War Ads
Between 1998 and 2004 the federal
government spent over $1.4 billion dollars producing and airing
anti-drug ads aimed at teens.
A nearly five-year-long, $47 million investigation
-- carefully reviewed by the federal Government Accountability
Office (GAO) -- found that the program failed to reduce teen drug
use.
Worse, "greater exposure to the campaign was
associated with weaker anti-drug norms and increases in the
perceptions that others use marijuana." After seeing the ads,
non-marijuana-using teens were actually *more likely* to try the
drug!
That's a spectacular failure by any standards. And
how does the government reward failure?
With more money, of course. President Bush has
proposed a huge increase -- a "surge," one is tempted to say -- in
funding for the ad program: a 31 percent increase that would raise
the budget to $130 million.
Sources:
The Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2673.html
Liberator Online:
http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/vol-11-num-11.html
GAO Report:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06818.pdf
Surprise! The Laws of
Economics Work
Throw a rock in the air, and it falls back down.
The law of gravity.
Increase the price of labor by imposing a minimum
wage, and jobs -- especially low-paying entry level jobs -- are
destroyed. The law of supply and demand.
Last month Arizona raised the minimum wage to
$6.75 per hour from $5.15 per hour -- a 31 percent increase.
The results? This headline from the Arizona
Republic newspaper tells the story:
"New Wage Boost Puts Squeeze on Teenage Workers
Across Arizona: Employers Are Cutting Back hours, Laying Off Young
Staffers."
An excerpt from the story:
Some Arizona employers, especially those in the
food industry, say payroll budgets have risen so much.... that
they're cutting hours, instituting hiring freezes and laying off
employees.
Mark Messner, owner of Pepi's Pizza in Phoenix,
says he plans to lay off three teenage workers and decrease hours
worked by others.
"I've had to go to some of my kids and say, Look,
my payroll just increased 13 percent. Sorry, I don't have any hours
for you."
Tom Kelly, owner of Mary Coyle Ol' Fashion Ice
Cream Parlor in Phoenix, voted for the minimum-wage increase. But he
said, "The new law has impacted us quite a bit."
It added about $2,000 per month in expenses. The
store, which employs mostly teen workers, has cut back on hours and
has not replaced a couple of workers who quit.
Kelly raised the wages of workers who already made
above minimum wage to ensure pay scales stayed even. As a result,
"we have to be a lot more efficient" and must increase menu prices,
he said.
[End of excerpt.]
These anecdotes only affirm what minimum wage
critics have been saying for 60 years. A new study by the non-profit
Employment Policies Institute (EPI) finds that for every 10%
increase in the minimum wage:
* Minority unemployment increased by 3.9% *
Hispanic unemployment increased by 4.9% * Minority teen unemployment
increased 6.6% * African American teen unemployment increased by
8.4% * Low-skilled unemployment (i.e., those lacking a high school
diploma) increased by 8%
If a new federal minimum wage goes into effect,
look for the same painful results as Arizona is experiencing --
across the nation.
Source:
Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0210biz-teenwork0210.html
http://www.epionline.org/news_detail.cfm?rid=95
Update: Tax Victim Gets
Second Shot at Space Flight
Brian Emmett may get into space after
all. Last issue we told how Emmett, whose life dream had been to
travel in space, had broken-heartedly turned down a free future
space ride he won in an Oracle Corp. sweepstakes.
The reason? He calculated he would have to pay
$25,000 in taxes for the space flight -- valued at $139,000 -- and
he didn't feel he could come up with the money.
However, Benson Space Co., a private company
seeking to enter the newly-emerging suborbital space flight
business, has stepped in to help. 
Company owner Jim Benson says he, too, dreamed of
flying to space as a boy, and he sympathized with Emmett's plight.
So the company has offered Emmett a consulting
position. Benson Space Co. will hire Emmett as a "test passenger,"
in which position he will get a free ride into space in late 2008
when the company hopes to send its first paying tourists.
In return, Emmett would offer his feedback during
the testing and after the flight. Thus it would be a job, not a
prize. No crippling tax burden.
Emmett is thrilled. However, though the IRS is out
of the way, there are still government hurdles to be crossed. The
Benson company, like other companies in this field, will need
approval from the Federal Aviation Administration before they can
take off.
Let's hope Benson, Emmett and the others who are
pioneering a new private sector space age can rocket past this
bureaucratic barrier, too.
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/06/free.ride.ap/index.html
http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/vol-12-num-3.html
Thanks to Roy Lieberman.
QUICK
SHOTS...
READ MY LIPS: "The Bush administration may
be squarely against new taxes, but its proposed fiscal 2008 budget
seeks to raise almost $81 billion in new revenue over the next five
years by hiking user fees and other charges on taxpayers and
businesses. Technically, changes to these fees aren't taxes. But for
anyone who must pay them -- everyone from recreational hikers to war
veterans -- it's a question of semantics." - McClatchy Newspapers
Washington Bureau:
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/16636417.htm
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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
#221 |
Are You
Reinventing the Flat Tire?
By
Michael Cloud
Some libertarians succeed by reinventing the
wheel.
Most libertarians fail by reinventing the flat
tire.
This is true in libertarian theory. In libertarian
practice. In libertarian proposals. In libertarian activism. And
especially in libertarian communication and persuasion.
You and I are libertarians because we want and
seek liberty. Because you and I deeply care about freedom -- and are
working to advance and achieve it.
That is necessary, but not enough. You and I need
to learn more about liberty. Ideas and action.
We need to learn what's true -- and what is *not*
true. What works -- and what does *not* work. What to do -- and what
*not* to do. How to communicate liberty -- and how *not* to
communicate liberty.
Want a quick, easy, and enjoyable shortcut to
being a better libertarian?
Stop reinventing the flat tire. Identify and avoid
flat tires.
How do you do that? Ask experienced and proven
libertarians. Long-term libertarians who demonstrate that they've
learned from their libertarian reading, activism, and communication
Santayana wrote, "Those who do not learn from
history are doomed to repeat it." That's why you want to ask
libertarians who have learned.
Want the fast track to libertarian excellence? Ask
these tested, capable libertarians about flat tires they have
personally experienced and seen.
Proposals. "Which libertarian political proposals
have been tried and did *not* work? Which libertarian proposals
seemed like a good idea, got tried, and turned out poorly? Who tried
this proposal? When? Where? Who can tell me more about this? Where
can I find out the key details about how each was done and how each
one turned out?"
Activism. "What are the flat tires of libertarian
activism? What libertarian activism has been tried and did *not*
move liberty forward? Political? Non-political? Group action?
Individual action? Who did it? What did they do -- and what were the
results? When? Where? How? Who might know more about this?"
Communication. "What are the flat tires of
libertarian writing and speaking? What kinds of libertarian
communications fail or backfire? What words and phrases? What
approaches? What behaviors? What did the libertarian say -- and how
did he say it -- that crashed and burned?"
Do you want to stop reinventing the flat tire?
Want to identify and avoid flat tires?
You can do it quickly, easily, and enjoyably by
using the resources of the Advocates for Self-Government.
1. Read past issues of The Liberator Online at
http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/archive.html Take
advantage of the experiences of Sharon Harris, Dr. Mary Ruwart, and
Michael Cloud. As well as the special articles by Harry Browne and
others. Past issues of The Liberator Online are FREE. They are based
on tested and true experience -- *not* just opinion.
2. Buy and read "Libertarianism
in One Lesson" by David Bergland,
"Healing Our World" by Dr. Mary Ruwart,
"Liberty from
A to Z" by Harry Browne, and
"Secrets of
Libertarian Persuasion" by Michael Cloud. The distilled
experience of these effective libertarians will save you from dozens
of foreseeable and preventable libertarian flat tires.
3. Asked seasoned and capable libertarians to tell
you about the libertarian flat tires they've discovered. Who? Sharon
Harris, James Harris, Dr. James Lark, Dr. Mary Ruwart, David
Bergland, Marshall Fritz, Barbara Goushaw, Steve Dasbach, Carla
Howell, and me -- Michael Cloud. Write down their answers.
I want to share something with you. I did this. I
still do this. During the last 36 years, I have asked "Flat Tire"
questions of dozens of experienced libertarians. In person -- and by
mail. Ludwig von Mises, Leonard Read, Nathaniel Branden, Robert
LeFevre, Murray Rothbard, Robert Nozick, George H. Smith, Roy
Childs, David Bergland, Marshall Fritz, Karl Hess, and my teacher
and mentor Harry Browne.
We can become better libertarian communicators. We
can learn and live "The Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion." We can
advance the cause of individual liberty, personal responsibility,
and small government.
But first you and I must stop doing what has not
worked, does not work, and will not work.
We must stop reinventing the flat tire.
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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.
Transition to libertarianism
QUESTION: What will the transformation from our
present way of living to a libertarian one be like? How will it occur?
MY SHORT ANSWER: I wish I knew! Some
libertarians believe that the transformation will happen gradually and
peacefully; others believe it will be rapid and chaotic.
In the U.S., the federal government is
unconstitutionally overriding policies established by the states, such
as allowing use of marijuana for medical reasons. If enough state
governments take a stand against this threat to their sovereignty, the
power of the federal government could be severely curtailed. Should this
happen, perhaps local governments might successfully fight state
tyranny. Individuals might then successfully fight aggression by local
government.
Freedom works in mysterious ways. Who in 1766 would
have predicted that 10 years later the American colonies would declare
and win their independence from England? Who, in 1985 would have
predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall just a few years later? The
opportunity for freedom often comes unexpectedly. Our job is to be
prepared to seize the opportunity when it occurs.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: Specifically, what would
happen to poor people during the transitions from a welfare state to a
libertarian society?
MY SHORT ANSWER: What would happen to the poor
would likely depend upon the nature of the transition. However, the poor
almost always have more limited options than the rich. This might indeed
make it harder for them to cope.
The only way to eliminate the vulnerability of the
poor is to eliminate the government regulations that destroy jobs and
create their poverty. The average regulator, for example, destroys about
150 jobs per year.
Without such job destruction, very few people would be
unable to support themselves well in a free society, and these few would
have much more than the middle class does today. And this would in
itself be a strong step towards a libertarian society!
For details, see my book, "Healing Our World." You can
download the 1992 version free at
www.ruwart.com or buy the revised 2003 edition from the
Advocates.
* * *
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 |
...
When to take "NO" for an
answer
By
Sharon Harris, Advocates President
Do you have someone with whom you've argued
endlessly about politics and have never gotten an agreement? Or is
there someone in your life who gets mad (or gets quiet, or changes
the subject) every time you bring up a political issue?
Suggestion: Unless you just enjoy arguing for the
sake of arguing, don't talk about politics with those individuals.
Unfortunately, not everyone is in the market for
our ideas. Some people really believe in Big Government and limited
individual liberty.
On the other hand, there are plenty of folks who
are not only open to our ideas, but are eager to hear about them and
take action! They're HUNGRY for the solutions that liberty provides.
There's a limited amount of time available to find
and meet these people, share the ideas of liberty with them, and get
them active in bringing libertarian ideas to still more people.
Ask any good salesman and he or she will tell you
that the secret to making a sale is to talk to enough good
prospects. To do that, we must learn to take "NO" for an answer,
move on -- and get a "YES!"
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But it is much more than that. Healing Our World occupies a
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