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Natural men do not like the free market because it leaves everything to chance. Basic evolutionary theory postulates a universe of spontaneous change. “Survival of the fittest” at it’s core seems to indicate that man will take his chances and the “best” man or animal will win.

In a controlled or socialist society men who desire to act as God fight this by attempting to make everyone equal. That way there will be no “best” man to survive. These men play God in society because the don’t like the chance that they profess to believe in.

They are mistaken because as outline in Romans 1 they ignore God and try to overthrow the God that they know exists. These facts argue for a totally free market as explained by Gary North in The Dominion Covenant: Genesis (p. 10):

The operations of the market, like the operations of the atom, are ultimately guided by and upheld by God. In fact, the strongest philosophical and theological argument in favor of the free market is that it thwarts the attempt of power-seeking men to attempt to imitate God by centralizing the economic planning system through the civil government, thereby directing the lives of other citizens in terms of the goals of some elite central planning board. The free market decentralizes economic power thereby limiting the quest for personal power. It has as one of its most important functions a definite religious purpose: to restrict men in their attempt to play God.

The chance that the natural man professes to believe in does not exist because a sovereign God reigns over all. The free market is free within the all encompassing will of God. To manipulate everyone in a controlled society is to attempt to play God.

George Reisman has written a great article titled, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin on Taxing Oil Companies and Giving the Money to Others. The following quote shows a basic lack of economic understanding from both sides of the aisle:

A major consequence that both Obama’s and Palin’s plans overlook is that even insofar as the oil companies are presently prevented by drilling restrictions from using their funds for expanding oil production, their funds still perform a valuable economic function. Namely, they provide the capital for carrying on production elsewhere in the economic system. To the extent that the oil companies simply put their funds in the bank, buy Treasury bills, repurchase their own stock, or pay out extraordinary dividends, those funds are then available in the financial markets, all of which are interconnected. Their presence makes it easier for other businesses to obtain loans or sell stock and thereby have the funds to carry on their business activities.

Sarah Palin probably never thought of this when she dipped her hand into the oil companies’ till and withdrew $1,200 for every Alaskan. What she was actually doing in her ignorance was helping to make the credit crunch that the United States has been experiencing that much worse. She was helping to deprive businesses around the country of capital they would have had, if that capital had not been made available to be consumed to the extent of $1,200 for each and every Alaskan.

Ron Paul’s new book The Revolution: A Manifesto was officially released this week. I received my copy from Amazon about a week ago and highly recommend it. With chapters on foreign policy, the constitution, economic freedom, personal freedom, and money this book covers many of the problems in our country today.

The book is a quick summary of the main areas that gave national prominence to the Ron Paul campaign. I am excited that Ron Paul has also includes a four page reading list at the back of the book telling other sources to read on the important issues of the day. The price for the book on Amazon is currently 45% off the regular price. Buy this book and gain a more clear understanding of the many issues that need addressed in our country.

Update: It’s #1 on Amazon Wednesday afternoon.

Murray Rothbard in his Betrayal of the American Right gives the history of the “right” side of the political spectrum and how it changed in the twentieth century. The “extremists” of the Old Right were Isolationist Libertarians who opposed the economics of the New Deal and the foreign policy that sought to involve us in wars to save the British, French, and Spanish empires. These men included Howard Buffett, Frank Chodorov, Garet Garrett, Robert McCormick, and Robert A. Taft.

Rothbard was an undergraduate at Columbia University during World War II while his libertarian and non-interventionist views continued to solidify. This work is extremely helpful to any who may not know that there is another side to the story during those years. Rothbard gives a very first hand account during many of the events covered in the book as he speaks about the groups he was with and the reasons he was with them. It is refreshing as he continues to give admissions of where he feels his and his friends were wrong and the reasons they were wrong.

Anyone that doesn’t have a complete familiarity with the political spectrum of ideas from the 1930s to the 1960s will be motivated to expand upon this book and become familiar with the many sides of the debates mentioned. Rothbard’s extreme peace position can be shocking at first but does bring to mind many questions. Why does the establishment and all of its surrogates never question any of the many wars that we have been involved in? Was going to war really the only answer or was it the best option for the military-industrial complex and an economy that is largely dependent on this? In addition to the peace question is the economics questions and the very clear understanding that our economy is not even close to a true laissez-faire capitalism.

Ron Paul has written a new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto. According to Amazon it will be available at the end of April. As I write this article the book is the #4 bestseller in all books on Amazon right now. According to Ron Paul’s Revolutionary Manifesto at LewRockwell.com the book “covers everything establishment politicians lie about or ignore: war, sound money, terrorism, the economy, the IRS, civil liberties.” That article also points to the grassroots effort to keep the book at the top of bestsellers lists by getting all interested parties to pre-order it now.

A book like this needs to be in the hands of every Ron Paul supporter that wants to have a complete understanding of his ideas for our country. Then getting books like this into the hands of the rest of America will show many who lean toward a position of liberty and small government that Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate that has a complete and sensible position that will return our country to better paths.

Update: Now at #3 on Amazon and #8 on Barnes and Noble. (6:29 p.m.)

Ron Paul spoke to the House on Tuesday, January 29, concerning the economic stimulus package that is being debated in Congress. He points out that:

. . . instead of taking the fiscally responsible course and pairing the tax cuts with spending cuts, this bill simply adds to the national deficit. Madame Speaker, unless Congress acts soon to reign in its excessive spending, the American people will face confiscatory tax rates or skyrocketing inflation.

The full text of The Dangerous Stimulus is available by following the link.

Two separate money bombs are coming up on February 1. The first, Liberty Tax 08, seeks to bring attention to the 16th Amendment which was ratified on February 3, 1913. In seeking $500 donations from those who sign up they ask, “If you could pay $500 to never pay taxes again, would you?”

The second fundraising drive for that day is FiftyOneYears.com and seeks for 100,000 people to give $51 each to celebrate the 51st anniversary of Ron and Carol Paul.

Donate to Ron Paul and spread the word of Freedom and Prosperity. The campaign has already had 3 days generate more than $1 Million on December 16, November 5, and January 21. Please help put February 1st on that list!