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FOUNDATION & BELIEFS
We believe that each human being as an individual, and not as part of a group, possesses natural unalienable
rights, innate to our very human nature, and that no government or authority force gives these rights to us.
We hold these truths to be self-evident:
That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of
government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as
to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
We believe that each person owns his own life and property, and that each person has the right to live his own
life in any way he chooses as long as he respects the equal rights of others. “No man has a natural right to
commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.”
—Thomas Jefferson
We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world; that
force and fraud must be banished from human relationships; and only through freedom can peace and
prosperity be realized.
We defend the natural God given rights of each person to life, liberty, and property.
We believe that there is no rational alternative to free markets, limited government, and individual liberty.
We believe in the RIGHT to free speech, to the extent that we may not agree with what other men may say, but
we defend their RIGHT to say it.
We call for: free trade, deregulation, competition in education, free speech, privacy, an end to censorship, the
abolishment of confiscatory taxes and government spending, and the elimination of government intervention in
the lives of its citizens.
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HANGING TOGETHER
By James R. Cook
How do we know our political views are correct? On the left, liberals are certain of their intellectual superiority. This
snobbery allows them to scorn anyone with differing views. On the right, the neo-cons aim to make government bigger
and more intrusive. On what basis can we build a powerful argument against those on the left or right who want to force
their agenda down our throats?
Our founding fathers are a good place to start. When Benjamin Franklin stated, “It would be thought a hard government
that should tax its people one tenth part,” he never dreamed the American people would hold still for today’s taxes of 50%.
Those of us who oppose higher taxes and advocate limited government are in much better company than the liberals and
neo-cons who would find no favor with our founders.
Thomas Jefferson put it this way. “A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits
of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned–this is the sum of good
government.” What we have today then is the sum of bad government. Jefferson warned about the eventual outcome of
income transfers. “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to
those who would not.” Jefferson went on to say, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
It hasn’t worked out that way. Socialist schemes administered by government squander our tax dollars and social costs
are running away. You can have socialism, but you can’t have prosperity. As the great Austrian social economist Ludwig
von Mises instructed, “Socialism [modern liberalism] is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a
better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build; it destroys.
For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private
ownership of the means of production has created.”
Mises further stated, “A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide
does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism
and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration
of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as
human beings.”
We are in the early stages of the disintegration of our society. Intrusive government, multiculturalism, inflation, high taxes
and a huge, growing underclass will see to that. Disparaging the free market is another sign of backwardness and coming
chaos. Envy; hatred of the producers, anti-business propaganda, punishment of the rich; expropriation of wealth; the
politics of class warfare; all are in vogue.
Worst of all, the government is destroying the dollar. Through its big social schemes and foreign adventures, it must
inflate to stay afloat. The flaw in paper money is that it can be created at will by politicians and bureaucrats to meet any
contingency. At some point hyperinflation is inevitable. That will tear the social fabric further as the nimble become richer
and the masses become poorer.
Each of us carries a responsibility to preserve our freedom and the greatness of our nation. We must gain enough
understanding of the threat from within–the reigning dogma of the left. We must become beacons of economic education
and influence in checking the inroads of socialism. “It’s one mind at a time,” said my mentor, the late Bernard Daley. He
saw the writing on the wall years ago and vigorously warned about the inroads of socialism and the destruction it would
make inevitable.
The socialist leader, Norman Thomas, once said, “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under
the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist
nation without ever knowing how it happened.” Fear for your country if that proves to be true.
The patriots who drafted the Declaration of Independence risked all. One tragic reversal and Washington, Jefferson,
Franklin and the others would have quickly been hung from a tree and you would never have heard of them. The
guidance they provided for controlling government has been rejected by the free spending pols of today. We have ignored
the guidance of our founders and we will pay a price. Hopefully, the excruciating setbacks we suffer will make us harken
once again to their wisdom.
Learn More About Liberty
The philosophy of liberty is based on self-ownership. Watch this simple but elegant and hard-hitting 8-minute
video; it explains exactly what that means. It’s a great tool anyone can use to educate children and adults
about our right to life, liberty, and the property we create – and our responsibility to think, speak and act.
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