Next time some overeducated underemployed collectivist is whining: “Books not bombs, maaan” you’d do well to clue them in that more public spending on books will inevitably lead to more bombs, because as Hayek explains in The Road to Serfdom: “Once the communal sector, in which the state controls all the means, exceeds a certain proportion […]
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If countries are like businesses as Gene Simmons states, is it fair to assert that war is a product of collectivism or socialism? If one country has a capitalist economy and another has a socialist/collectivist economy, would it (following the notion that countries are businesses) be safe to say that one’s ultimate product is more
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While various groups in NYC are crying about affordable housing, how the government ought to do something, screaming about the merits of rent control and housing subsidies… did any of them stop to think about what comes next? Let’s take a brief journey into the world of landlords and see if the following makes sense…
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Subsidized health care in NYC is out of control. You can get Medicaid, Family Health Plus, and all sorts of other delicious government cheese, FOR FREE, so long as you’re too ‘disadvantaged,’ or perhaps too lazy and too entitled to be able to help yourself to anything else. If you’re just a little bit motivated,
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If you’re concerned with the question: “How do I get Obamacare?” rest assured, it’ll be easier than you think, you probably won’t even have a choice! However, if you’re interested in being exempted from Obamacare, check out this article on how to get an Obamacare waiver. TEN REASONS WHY YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET
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There are over 110,000 New Yorkers with AIDS for whom this day, “World AIDS Day” is for. Created in 1988 as the kick off for December, a month full of festive holidays, it’s good to see the government show how much they care with a day of ‘awareness.’ In 2008, The government proudly spent 3.3
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As many in the NYC liberty community already know, Dan O’Connor is running for US Congress in NY District 12 and will be challenging Democratic incumbent, Nydia Valazquez in the September Primary election. Dan firmly believes that there is far more potential for liberty candidates to run within the Democratic party as compared to the
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The Free Agent finds some tracts of common ground with the ragtag group of protesters who have camped out in and around Liberty Plaza Park in New York since September 17. While tippy-toeing through a cardboard quilt of hand-written signs, she nodded approvingly at one saying, “Hold Barney Frank Accountable,” for instance. Like the group
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Jim Agresti of Just Facts will be delivering a presentation about factual errors and misleading claims in the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. He will contrast clips from this movie with concrete and meticulously documented facts from Just Facts’ research on global warming. James D. Agresti is a cofounder and president of Just Facts, a think tank
Nov. 14 MLP Monthly Meeting with Jim Agresti of Just Facts Read More »
The Individual Relationship to The Constitution, a Libertarian Perspective. Please join us for the October 10 meeting of the Manhattan Libertarian Party. Our guest speaker is Robert K. Jones, Esq. His topic is The Individual Relationship to The Constitution, a Libertarian Perspective. Mr. Jones is a solo- practicing attorney, devoting most of his practice to Real Estate
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