Politics

Update on FreedomFest 2011

July 27, 2011

Dear Friends of Freedom, I’m happy to report that FreedomFest 2011 was another rip-roaring success. With highlights featuring Senator Rand Paul, Judge Andrew Napolitano, John Mackey (CEO, Whole Foods) and Peter Thiel (founder, PayPal), among many others, the nearly 3,000 attendees had non-stop opportunities to learn, discuss and generate new ideas on liberty and freedom. [...]

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Hot New Video! ObamaCare – Live Your Carefree Lifestyle!

March 29, 2011

Dear Friends of Liberty, Be one of the first to watch this new video, ObamaCare – Live Your Carefree Lifestyle at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkH_aaaSOP0. This video is brought to you by FreedomFest, the World’s Largest Gathering of Free Minds, happening this July 13-16, 2011 at Paris/Bally’s in Las Vegas, the country’s most libertarian city. This year’s conference [...]

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New Edition of “Economics of a Pure Gold Standard”

January 27, 2011

Great News! Just released:  A new 4th edition of “The Economics of a Pure Gold Standard,” with a new introduction, by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).  This edition tells why more central banks fear the dollar as a reserve currency and are buying gold. To obtain a copy, go to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Pure-Gold-Standard-Skousen/dp/1453753087/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_7 Only $12 [...]

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Who's to Blame for ObamaCare? Two Conservatives!

December 30, 2009

(I wrote the following article for Human Events, but apparently it was too controversial and was removed after about 100 e-letters of commentary, both favorable and critical. Read here’s the original op-ed, uncensured.) By Mark Skousen This week the Senate grinches stole Christmas. The Obama Nation is getting Obama Care. It’s easy to blame the [...]

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An Appearance in John Stossel’s Blog This Week

August 28, 2009

Thursday’s controversial column “Leaving America” by John Stossel got a lot of comments, and features ideas from yours truly: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/ In liberty, AEIOU, MSkousen

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Free Market Health Care Is The Answer

August 17, 2009

“Capitalism is turning luxuries into necessities.” — Andrew Carnegie Watching the shouting matches occurring at the town hall meetings across America, do you ever wonder why nobody holds town hall meetings or writes complaining letters to Congress about food and housing? After all, food and housing are even more important than medical help.  Most Americans [...]

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Start Your Own Tax Revolt — Without Getting In Trouble

April 15, 2009

From Human Events “A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.” ~ Benjamin Franklin “Little else is required to carry a state to the highest level of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.” ~ Adam Smith Today, on April 15 Tax Day, hundreds of thousands of citizens are protesting [...]

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Will we survive Obamanomics?

March 5, 2009

From the Gilroy Dispatch Officially, President Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget is titled “A New Era of Responsibility.” That’s false on two counts. It’s an era – not of responsibility, but of big-government taxation, spending, and regulation. And it’s not new. History is full of attempts to inflate the state to grow the economy. Virtually all [...]

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Proof Is in the Dow

March 2, 2009

From Human Events “The Obama budget is nothing less than an attempt to end the ideas of Ronald Reagan.” — New York Times Adam Smith, the father of free-market economics, once stated, “There is much ruin in a nation.”  President Obama is out to prove it in his Newspeak program he calls “A New Era [...]

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Obamanomics Is Making Matters Worse

February 24, 2009

From Human Events Unfortunately, the [Keynesian] balance week is unbalanced. ~ Milton Friedman We have outlived the short-run and are suffering from the long-run consequences of [Keynesian] policies. ~ Ludwig von Mises Last week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced another solution to the financial crisis — his new “Financial Stability Plan.” Since the announcement, Citigroup [...]

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