Minimum Wage, Maximum Intervention, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation March 25, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 All arguments for the minimum wage come down to this: since no family can survive on an income lower than the minimum wage, it is the job of government to mandate a minimum wage to keep people out of poverty. No matter how elaborate the argument, this is the bottom line. Even if that were a true statement it would still not be a valid argument for the minimum wage. If someone cant support a family on his salary, then he should not have a family until he has a higher salary. It is not the fault of business or society that an unskilled and uneducated worker decides to have a family and then finds out that he cant make ends meet. Moreover, why should the person who is ...
Private: FFF Conference 2008 by Future of Freedom Foundation January 25, 2010 “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties” was a 3-day conference beginning on a Friday, June 6, 2008, and ending on Sunday, June 8, 2008. There were 21 speakers with each speaker given 45 minutes to 1 hour for his speech, including Q&A. There were no concurrent sessions — all speeches were given to the entire audience. Scroll down or click on a lecture title below to watch a specific lecture. Friday, June 6, 2008 Jacob G. Hornberger: "From Empire and Intervention to Freedom and Republic" – 9:00 a.m. Robert Higgs: "How Major U.S. Neo-imperialist Wars End" – 10:00 a.m. Llewellyn H. ...
Private: Commentaries – 2010 by Future of Freedom Foundation January 1, 2010 December 2010 Hoekstra Receives CIAs Bootlicking Award by James Bovard Plumbing New Depths on Guantanamo by Andy Worthington The Power of Ideas on Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger Time to Rein in Federal Spending by Laurence M. Vance The Jacob Hornberger Show: Public Schooling vs. Educational Liberty by Jacob G. Hornberger Guantnamo Prisoners Sacrificed in Political Horse-Trading by Andy Worthington Beware the Campaign for War against Iran by Sheldon Richman Cut the Tax Cuts by Laurence M. Vance Make Bill of Rights Day America's Anti-Politician Day by James Bovard The Jacob Hornberger Show: "The Libertarian Society" by Jacob G. Hornberger Guantnamo: A Dismal Week for America by Andy Worthington Economic Liberty Lecture Series by Bart Frazier Wikileaks: Suppressing the Investigation of Torture by Andy Worthington A Libertarian View of the Estate Tax by Laurence M. Vance We All Have a Stake in the Outcome of this Battle by Jacob G. Hornberger A Message from Jacob Hornberger ...
Private: Freedom Daily – 2009 by Future of Freedom Foundation January 1, 2009 January 2009 The Socialist Bailout of Wall Street, Part 2 by Jacob G. Hornberger What Greenspan Missed by Sheldon Richman The Campaign-Reform Crime, Part 1 by James Bovard Regime Change: Promise and Peril, Part 2 by Stephen Kinzer Paper Money and the Constitution by Rick Lynch Americas Anti-Militarist Heritage by George C. Leef To receive your personal copy of Freedom Daily, subscribe ...
War, Civil Liberties, and Libertarianism by Anthony Gregory March 16, 2007 For more than 12 years, since I was a high-school freshman, I have counted the champions of freedom as my greatest heroes. I have long admired those who, throughout history as well in the present, have spoken truth to power and stood up against tyranny, especially when it mattered most, and especially when it was ...
Minimum Wage, Maximum Intervention, Part 2 by Laurence M. Vance December 1, 2005 Part 1 | Part 2 All arguments for the minimum wage come down to this: since no family can survive on an income lower than the minimum wage, it is the job of government to mandate a minimum wage to keep people out of poverty. No matter how elaborate the argument, this is the bottom line. Even if ...
Book Review: Christianity and War by Future of Freedom Foundation June 1, 2005 Christianity and War; And Other Essays against the Warfare State by Laurence M. Vance (Pensacola, Fla.: Vance Publications, 2005); 118 pages. When asked to name his favorite political philosopher in late 1999 during a debate with other Republicans in the campaign for the presidential nomination, George W. ...
Book Review: Christianity and War by Anthony Gregory April 1, 2005 Christianity and War; And Other Essays against the Warfare State by Laurence M. Vance (Pensacola, Fla.: Vance Publications, 2005); 118 pages. When asked to name his favorite political philosopher in late 1999 during a debate with other Republicans in the campaign for the presidential nomination, George W. Bush named Jesus Christ. Bush’s ...
What a Republican Majority Has Not Meant by Laurence M. Vance July 1, 2004 It has been more than a year now since the Republicans gained an absolute majority in Congress and the White House. The road to this majority began in the third year of Bill Clintons first term. The Republicans gained complete control of the 104th Congress (19951997), held on to control in the 105th Congress (19971999), and remained in power ...
