In Defense of Open Immigration by Future of Freedom Foundation April 26, 2010 Immigration is one of the most difficult and divisive issues for freedom lovers. Many principled libertarians and champions of a free society believe in government restrictions on immigration, either for their own sake or as an interim measure so long as the United States has welfare programs that are presumed to attract immigrants, who then become net recipients of government revenue at the cost of taxpayers. Most arguments against immigration, coming from partisans of freedom, boil down one way or another to the notion that free immigration fosters socialism and moves American society away from the libertarian ideal. It is argued that immigrants use welfare programs and encourage their expansion; or that immigrants modify American culture generally for the worse, bringing from their native countries alien and socialistic ideas; or that free immigration itself constitutes a de facto trespass against the private-property rights of Americans; or some combination ...
A Republic, If You Can Keep It by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 AT THE CLOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, a woman asked Benjamin Franklin what type of government the Constitution was bringing into existence. Franklin replied, A republic, if you can keep it. Regardless of ones judgment concerning the type of government that the Constitution brought into existence in 1787, no one can deny that it was truly the most unusual and radical in history. Consider: With the tragic exception of slavery, the United States was a society in which people could, by and large, engage in any occupation or economic enterprise without a government license, permit, or regulation. Where people could travel anywhere in the world without restriction (no passports) and trade with whomever they pleased without the permission of their government officials. Where people could accumulate ...
A Republic, If You Can Keep It by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 AT THE CLOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, a woman asked Benjamin Franklin what type of government the Constitution was bringing into existence. Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Regardless of one’s judgment concerning the type of government that the Constitution brought into existence in 1787, no one can deny that it was truly the most unusual and radical in history. Consider: With the tragic exception of slavery, the United States was a society in which people could, by and large, engage in any occupation or economic enterprise without a government license, permit, or regulation. Where people could travel anywhere in the world without restriction (no passports) and trade with whomever they pleased without the permission of their government officials. Where people could accumulate ...
The Fundamental Rights of the European Union: Individual Rights or Welfare-State Privileges? Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 IN NOVEMBER 1934, during the dark years of growing tyranny throughout Europe, British historian Ramsey Muir penned a short article that appeared in the pages of the journal The Nineteenth Century and After. His theme was civilization and liberty. He asked how it was that of all the civilizations around the world, only the ...
The Fundamental Rights of the European Union: Individual Rights or Welfare-State Privileges? Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 IN NOVEMBER 1934, during the dark years of growing tyranny throughout Europe, British historian Ramsey Muir penned a short article that appeared in the pages of the journal The Nineteenth Century and After. His theme was civilization and liberty. He asked how it was that of all the civilizations around the world, only the ...
Patriotism along the Southern Border, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In February 1846, the independent nation of Texas was annexed as a state in the United States of America. The citizens of Texas were now American citizens. However, there was one major glitch. Mexico still considered the ...
Patriotism along the Southern Border, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In February 1846, the independent nation of Texas was annexed as a state in the United States of America. The citizens of Texas were now American citizens. However, there was one major glitch. Mexico still considered the ...
Bill Clinton: World Cop by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 In a major foreign-policy address delivered a few months back in San Francisco, President Bill Clinton solemnly affirmed that everything everywhere in the world is the business of the United States. If you ever entertained the thought that we Americans should be free just to live our lives, raise our families, and participate voluntarily in our communities — forget ...
Bill Clinton: World Cop by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 In a major foreign-policy address delivered a few months back in San Francisco, President Bill Clinton solemnly affirmed that everything everywhere in the world is the business of the United States. If you ever entertained the thought that we Americans should be free just to live our lives, raise our families, and participate voluntarily in our communities — forget ...
Private: Freedom Daily – 1998 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 January 1998 Compromise and Concealment-The Road to Defeat: Part V by Jacob G. Hornberger Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part XIII: FDR's New Deal by Richard M. Ebeling Recall the Government Meat Inspectors by Sheldon Richman The Justice Department's Other Criminal Cover-Up by James Bovard Book ReviewSocialism and War: The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, vol. 10 by Richard M. Ebeling
Freedom Daily – 1998 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 January 1998 Compromise and Concealment-The Road to Defeat: Part V by Jacob G. Hornberger Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part XIII: FDR's New Deal by Richard M. Ebeling Recall the Government Meat Inspectors by Sheldon Richman The Justice Department's Other Criminal Cover-Up by James Bovard Book ReviewSocialism and War: The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, vol. 10 by ...
Compromise and Concealment-The Road to Defeat, Part 6 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 25, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Libertarianism is one of the grandest movements in history. And every single libertarian should feel proud to be a part of it. We follow in the tradition ...
