A New Foreign-Policy Paradigm for America by Jacob G. Hornberger November 25, 2001 Ludwig von Mises observed that government intervention inexorably leads to more government intervention until the point comes that government assumes total control over the affairs of the citizenry. The idea is that since government interventions always produce perverse consequences, government officials will inevitably enact new interventions designed to fix the problems resulting from the earlier ones. The cycle repeats itself until government control becomes complete. No principle could better describe the U.S. government's long-time policy of foreign aid and foreign intervention. Over time, the perverse consequences of each new intervention have produced an ever-increasing array of new interventions designed to fix the problems resulting from the earlier ones. For example, our government's foreign policy has often included financial assistance to foreign regimes that have used the money or the weapons to oppress and brutalize their own citizens. Moreover, for decades, our government has interceded on one side ...
by Future of Freedom Foundation March 26, 2010 A New Foreign-Policy Paradigm for America by Jacob G. Hornberger, November 2001 Ludwig von Mises observed that government intervention inexorably leads to more government intervention until the point comes that government assumes total control over the affairs of the citizenry. The idea is that since government interventions always produce perverse consequences, government officials will inevitably enact new interventions designed to fix the problems resulting from the earlier ones. The cycle repeats itself until government control becomes complete. No principle could better describe the U.S. government's long-time policy of foreign aid and foreign intervention. Over time, the perverse consequences of each new intervention have produced an ever-increasing array of new interventions designed to fix the problems resulting from the earlier ones. For example, our government's foreign policy has often included financial assistance to foreign regimes that have used the money or the weapons to oppress and brutalize their own citizens. Moreover, for decades, our government has interceded on one side or the other in conflicts ...
An Astounding Remark by Sheldon Richman January 20, 2002 When Attorney General John Ashcroft told the nation, "To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists," he wasn't blazing any new trails. He was merely doing what despots and would-be despots always do: attempting to intimidate into silence those who dare to question him. Ashcroft's statement is one of the most astounding things to be said by a U.S. official in many years. To read it carefully — letting its full message sink in — is to be overtaken by a sense of horror that is otherwise hard to imagine. Every American should be offended to hear the government's chief law enforcement officer equate public expressions of concern about the threats to liberty from drastic "anti-terrorism" measures with joining al-Qaeda. Does Ashcroft have such a low estimate of the American people's intelligence? Perhaps he needs to become acquainted ...
An Astounding Remark by Future of Freedom Foundation March 26, 2010 An Astounding Remark by Sheldon Richman, January 2002 When Attorney General John Ashcroft told the nation, "To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists," he wasn't blazing any new trails. He was merely doing what despots and would-be despots always do: attempting to intimidate into silence those who dare to ...
Finding Safety from Terrorism by Scott McPherson July 1, 2002 Since September 11, safety, security, and liberty are at the forefront of every American’s mind. As in most crises, some Americans believe that a stronger and more powerful central government is the answer. But is it? Responding to an increased demand for protection, the federal government has embraced a number of “solutions” to the terrorist threat, ...
Finding Safety from Terrorism by Future of Freedom Foundation March 26, 2010 Finding Safety from Terrorism by Scott McPherson, July 2002 Since September 11, safety, security, and liberty are at the forefront of every American’s mind. As in most crises, some Americans believe that a stronger and more powerful central government is the answer. But is it? Responding to an increased demand for protection, the federal government has embraced a number of “solutions” to the terrorist ...
Liberty Again at Risk by Sheldon Richman August 13, 2002 At the root of the concept “America” is the idea that you can go about your daily business without being monitored by the government. Indeed, every piece of literature about the horrors of totalitarianism includes secret police whose job it is to keep tabs on the people because everyone is under suspicion. This more than ...
Liberty Again at Risk by Future of Freedom Foundation March 26, 2010 Liberty Again at Risk by Sheldon Richman, August 13, 2002 At the root of the concept “America” is the idea that you can go about your daily business without being monitored by the government. Indeed, every piece of literature about the horrors of totalitarianism includes secret police whose job it is to keep tabs on the people because everyone is under suspicion. ...
Arrogance Is Humility by Sheldon Richman December 4, 2002 Taking a step back from all the particulars, the lesson of 9/11 is that for more than 50 years the U.S. government has put the American people in harm’s way by its heavy-handed intervention in bitter disputes throughout the Middle East. Then, despite hundreds of billions spent each year on “national security” and countless signals ...
Arrogance Is Humility by Future of Freedom Foundation March 26, 2010 Arrogance Is Humility by Sheldon Richman, December 4, 2002 Taking a step back from all the particulars, the lesson of 9/11 is that for more than 50 years the U.S. government has put the American people in harm’s way by its heavy-handed intervention in bitter disputes throughout the Middle East. Then, despite hundreds of billions spent each year on “national security” and ...
Visions and Ideals by Jacob G. Hornberger March 20, 2010 The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers. Humanity cannot forget its dreamers; it cannot let their ideals fade and die; ...
Race and the Market Process by Richard M. Ebeling October 1, 1990 In the 1850s, a Southerner named George Fitzhugh wrote two books entitled, Sociology for the South: or The Failure of Free Society and Cannibals All! Or Slaves Without Masters. The essence of his argument was summarized by him in one sentence: "Liberty is an evil which government is intended to correct." The free society and the market economy, ...
