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I was at the International Students For Liberty Conference this weekend. It was a good event which brought together many youth advocates for freedom. The introductory video, made by Mark Meranta of SFL, showcased the efforts of many libertarian student groups across the country — including a clip of a George Washington University student schooling …
Constroversial (and socialist) filmaker Micheal Moore announced that he is determined to boycott the state of Connecticut due to Senator Joe Lieberman’s position on the healthcare bill. Even though Majority Leader Harry Reid made some changes within the bill to attract more “centrist” votes, Senator Lieberman still opposes it. Moore is very upset at the …
In an open letter to the president, Moore writes: Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And …
YAL’s own Tony Petersen has published an editorial in his campus newspaper discussing why Michael Moore’s new film, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” is thoroughly incorrect in designating our economic troubles as a product of capitalism…and what Ron Paul has to say on the subject. Check it out here. Thanks to Matt Hawes of Campaign for …
Chad Swarthout of GWU Liberty Society gets Michael Moore to admit that we do not live in a capitalist society today. Wish he would have included that in the movie! Now Americans who have no understanding of a true free- market economy are lead to think that today’s economic system is capitalism. When in fact …
Earlier this week several members of YAL attended the D.C. premiere of Capitalism: A Love Story. Our Editorial Director even managed an interview at the premiere after-party. Take a look: In case you missed it, Daniel McCarthy offered a little insight to how he was able to take advantage of the after-party buffet.
Capitalism is an evil, and you can’t regulate evil. – Michael Moore Under a capitalist system, financial institutions would not have been intimidated or encouraged into making risky loans and neither would they have been bailed out if they did so… it is capitalism, not socialism, that made us a great country, and it’s socialism …
John Thorlin at The New Madisonian rightly sums up Michael Moore’s new film: My understanding from the trailer is that the movie is primarily about the bank bailouts and seedy relationships between firms like Goldman Sachs and the government. What does that have to do with capitalism? The essence of capitalism is allowing firms to …
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