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The Bad With The Good

"With our present knowledge, no definition can be given of the latent force, which, possessing all the conditions of attraction and repulsion associated with it, is free of magnetism.  If it is a...

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Economic Justice

"What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?"Thomas SowellWow, that sounds like gubment!  But I...

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Appreciation For Work

My daughter is a hostess (among the other jobs she does) at thisChick Fil-A.Her boss, "Mr. Mike," hired her to help him create RAVING FANS.  He does not want patrons, he wants raving fans to come back...

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Shortage Of Sand

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand."Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)In honor of "Uncle Miltie's" 100th birthday, we salute him...

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In Spite Of Gubment

"Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it."Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)A man of many hats, Will Rogers was best known for his humorous, and sometimes caustic, quips and one...

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The Consumer Rules

"The best guarantee against all exploitation is the market."Henri LepageFrench EconomistThis is a simple statement.  It is also a bold statement.Any time you use the word all, or never, you are...

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There Was No Moron Vote

"Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."Pericles (495-425 BC)His name meant "surrounded by glory."  And he was.  Pericles was a very...

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The New Largest Employer In The World

"Our nation is in deep trouble - morally, economically, and politically.  Practically everything in which the federal government has embroiled itself for the last several decades is in crisis -...

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The Salt Of The Earth

"Business is the salt of life."Voltaire (1694 - 1778)Voltaire was a civil libertarian.  He was in favor of freedom and advocated things like freedom of religion, freedom of personal expression,...

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Mandate The Family Business!

"If somehow everyone was made to begin and manage their own business, statism would have no hold and socialism would die."JayThe Home InspectorAnd people should begin young!I started my first business...

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Buy Your Twinkies Now

"Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today government undertakes all sorts of policies in the name of public health that are...

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What's The Plan?

"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. And I have just one interest, and if I am wrong somebody else can have my job. I want to see...

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Free Enterprise And Innovation

UNDERSTAND - SIMPLIFY - FOCUS - INNOVATEThis philosophy provides the continuing motivation to develop innovations, which are the best driver of economic development and a guarantee for job security. It...

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Business Failure Equals Consumer Benefit

"A fact rarely suspected, let alone understood, is that businessmen are by no means the chief beneficiaries of the free market, private ownership, limited government way of life.  Many business...

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New Economic Thinking

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."Adam Smith (1723 - 1790)This simple, yet profound,...

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More And Better Is To Come - If Allowed Unfettered

"The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population increases in a geometric ratio, while the means of subsistence increases in an...

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A Conquering Group Is Needed

"Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.  When a rare...

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Have We Reached The Tipping Point?

"When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because...

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The Nature Of Private Property

"If man in the state of nature be so free, as has been said; if he be absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to no body, why will he part with his freedom?...

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Incentives To Production

"The way to maximize production is to maximize the incentives to production.*  And the way to do that, as the modern world has discovered, is through the system known as capitalism - the system of...

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