Earl Pearson: Collectivism is a nice idea that simply doesn't work - Monday, Jan. 28, 2008

Any government big enough to give you everything you need, is big enough to take it all away, right Earl? Quote below from Earl Pearson's article speaking out against the danger of collectivism...

Union Leader - Earl Pearson: Collectivism is a nice idea that simply doesn't work - Monday, Jan. 28, 2008: "ECENTLY THERE was a political ad on TV in which a number of children appear consecutively pleading for politicians to tell the truth and not to make promises they cannot keep. The final battle cry was, 'Health care and financial security for all.'
'Financial security for all' sounds great -- if you know nothing about the consequences. What would happen to the incentive to work, to productivity, creativity, competition and all the other factors necessary to support a thriving economy and a decent standard of living if we all had financial security provided by the government?"

Libertarians Rising article

Nice to see others notice the aligning of individualism vs collectivism, though they use different terms. From Time.com:

Libertarians and communitarians (to continue this unjustified generalizing) are different character types. Communitarians tend to be bossy, boring and self-important, if they're not being oversweetened and touchy-feely. Libertarians, by contrast, are not the selfish monsters you might expect. They are earnest and impractical--eager to corner you with their plan for using old refrigerators to reverse global warming or solving the traffic mess by privatizing stoplights. And if you disagree, they're fine with that. It's a free country.

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How Modern Liberals Thinks - video

Interesting talk from a former writer for Bill Maher. This is a long video, but worth setting aside the time to listen and digest the information. Part of the collectivists style is to rely on groupthink, rather than discerning at an individual level what is the best course of action to make life better and better. I don't buy all of his arguments, but I've had discussions with many liberals where they get to a point in the logic and mentally give up, the resort to mystical or emotional decisions such as we shouldn't have poor in our country while there are billionaires with money to spare, etc. Still trying to find the reason behind their passion for illogical stances.

Reason Magazine - Quotations From Chairman Milton

Some great comments collected from the late Milton Friedman. We lost a champion of liberty and individual freedom, but hopefully he planted seeds in thousands more. This offers a good time to refresh your friends' minds with his wisdom. Take a moment to email them a link to this article or others, or drop one of his quotes in your next communique.

Reason Magazine - Quotations From Chairman Milton: "The case for free enterprise, for competition, is that it’s the only system that will keep the capitalists from having too much power. There’s the old saying, “If you want to catch a thief, set a thief to catch him.” The virtue of free enterprise capitalism is that it sets one businessman against another and it’s a most effective device for control."