Raymond
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Further words from Raymond:
“The choice we now face: further steps toward authoritarianism or a renewed effort in promoting the cause of liberty. There is no third option. This course must incorporate a modern and more sophisticated understanding of the magnificence of the market economy, especially the moral and practical urgency of monetary reform. The abysmal shortcomings of a government power that undermines the creative genius of free minds and private property must be fully understood.
This conflict between government and liberty, brought to a boiling point by the world’s biggest bankruptcy in history, has generated the angry protests that have spontaneously broken out around the country—and the world. The producers are rebelling and the recipients of largess are angry and restless.
The crisis demands an intellectual revolution. Fortunately, this revolution is under way, and if one earnestly looks for it, it can be found. Participation in it is open to everyone. Not only have our ideas of liberty developed over centuries, they are currently being eagerly debated, and a modern, advanced understanding of the concept is on the horizon. The Revolution is alive and well.
The idea is not to provide a blueprint for the future or an all-encompassing defense of a libertarian program. What I offer here are thoughts on a series of controversial topics that tend to confuse people, and these are interpreted in light of my own experience and my thinking. I present not final answers but rather guideposts for thinking seriously about these topics. I certainly do not expect every reader to agree with my beliefs, but I do hope that I can inspire serious, fundamental, and independent-minded thinking and debate on them.
Above all, the theme is liberty. The goal is liberty. The results of liberty are all the things we love, none of which can be finally provided by government. We must have the opportunity to provide them for ourselves, as individuals, as families, as a society, and as a country.”
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Nicely said! Liberty is the message that brings everyone together =)
The reason for all this is government control, we have given the gov. to much control of our lives instead of rellying on our selfs to control our own lives, we have become dependant on government to fix it all, and in return have lost a lot of our freedoms. And its getting worse in the direction of there control over us, our country was meant for the least amount of government in the people’s lives, it was meant for We the People! Government has gotten big to large to expensive its time to reduce there hold on us and make our lives in more control of our own responsibility. Its tyranny the hold the government has on us, and it should not be a class warfare, rich or poor or even middle class we have to take back control and responsibility of our lives, we can not wait for the government to do it for us, or even let them control what we need or what they will give us. Capitalism is the best system for freedom in ones life just by the economic freedoms it gives the individual to improve ones life, were Socialism gives the government control to dictate the process in our lives. The American dream is not lost unless we let it be. Its not democrat or republican either or corporations and profits that determine the direction of our country, it is us! When we vote we can vote the career politician out and vote the new person in until they get it right, and why they are in office we can even petition to remove them from there jobs if need be. There should be term limits anyhow as they put on the president of America. Our constitution, and bill of rights makes our country strong, the protest should be about redress and we the people taking our country back, remember its suppose to be God, we the people, then the government, not as it has become today; the government , we the people, then God. God bless America and its people in a free country of good people..
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