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Wealth and Income Inequality

In ongoing discussions with anarcho-communists (and their brethren, supporters of “The Venus Project”) and others that would be considered “liberals” or “progressives” the common issue of inequality of income or wealth is often brought up. They will trot out their dog and pony show of showing how bad such is and what problems arise from [...]

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G-20 Needs Market Solutions

G-20 Needs Market Solutions

The following is an op-ed that was published in my local newspaper. You can find the original link here. Column – Clint Townsend: G-20 needs market solutions 07/04/10 MIDLAND, Mich. – President Obama promised world leaders at Toronto’s G-20 summit to increase global demand, largely building on the same promise from former G-20 meetings in [...]

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Federal Reserve vs Free Market Uncommon Sense

Federal Reserve vs Free Market Uncommon Sense

by Briana Peil I had the honor of meeting Tom Woods and seeing him speak at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee on November 30th.  Having only in recent months been exposed to Austrian economics and the names of his predecessors such as Ludwig von Mises, I expected to learn a lot.  I am sure [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Introduction and Conclusion)

The debate started on a Sunday and ended officially on the following Saturday. One whole week of debating was exhausting but nonetheless engaging. Although at times the person I was debating against often employed the use of rhetoric and a slew of fallacies in their argument, and this includes sweeping generalizations that are very reminiscent [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #7)

In the final exchange that took place, it was apparent that none of us would be willing to change our positions on the issue. So I felt compelled largely to reply to three main issues from his last reply. The first had to do with showing my sources. The second had to do with explaining [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #6)

At this time I was going to begin to reply to his arguments but on this day, a new side argument also was beginning to take place. This side argument is also going to be posted and shared for all who wish to see further debunking and debating that would take place between us. But [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #5)

So after his reply I offered my explanations for how I saw the situation at hand. I wished to reply to all 6 of the full arguments and offer more of an explanation to the shorter replies he gave. The general arguments I gave in chronological order I had received from his reply were: 1) [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #4)

After reading his articles that he suggest I read so that I may better understand his position, I had a few more choice topics worth debating about on hand, the basic topics from his articles that I found worth clarifying was 1) The myth that Capitalists want government intervention in the economy. 2) The Difference [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Argument #3)

In our third exchange, he began to reply to my previous argument. Covering what he felt were the top 13 points he had to make in regards to the statements I made. He suggested that I read the article “What Is Socialism” by Eric Ruder in order to grasp the point of socialism in relation [...]

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MSNBC Exposes The Federal Reserve 7/24/09

MSNBC Exposes The Federal Reserve 7/24/09

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/AcXcVrOhYKc" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcXcVrOhYKc By: Clint Townsend Look at how the Federal Reserve was exposed by the former Governor! To visit Clint Townsend’s YouTube Channel click here. PFP Freedom Hour TV Saturday 9-10pm: http://www.peacefreedomprosperity.com/?page_id=36 Don’t forget to check out our Radio shows: PFP Movement Radio Fridays 6-8pm http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pfpmovementradio Mike Shanklin Radio [...]

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