Top 10 ways to reclaim liberty

I ran across this very interesting article. Pretty much sums up how I think this country ought to operate.

Top 10 ways to reclaim liberty

BY HOWARD J . BLITZSep 28, 2005

There are a myriad of activities that can be done in today's world in order for individual liberty to exist, especially the amount of individual liberty that existed for our ancestors 200 years ago. However, taking a queue from David Letterman, here is a list of the Top 10 ways to reclaim liberty:

10. Practice the golden rule no not the one that states, He who owns the gold makes the rules. The one that says, Treat others as you want to be treated. By practicing this rule, aggression in the world is substantially reduced. Since government is aggressive force, then very few individuals ever ask, beg, request or demand that government do anything for them, thereby allowing individual liberty to flourish.

9. Promote the idea that individuals be allowed to seek their own medical care in their own way. By eliminating Medicare, the cost of health care decreases, making it affordable for more individuals and allows individuals to seek their own solutions to their own medical needs.

8. Promote the idea of individuals seeking their own method of accumulating funds for retirement. By eliminating Social Security, individuals are free to accumulate as much money as they desire through their own means for their retirement years.

7. Allow true free trade to exist without any barriers. By eliminating trade restrictions, the cost of goods and services to consumers is reduced, resulting in more individuals sharing in the world's wealth substantially reducing the number of individuals living in poverty.

6. Allow individuals to establish their own business without having to obtain permission from government. By eliminating licensing laws, again the costs to consumers of goods and services is reduced and individuals are taught to be responsible for their own actions.

5. Allow individuals to use their property as they wish without interference from government. By eliminating zoning laws, individuals are encouraged to speak with their neighbors before changing the use of their property, resulting in less litigation and antagonism.

4. Allow individuals to seek the best type of education for their children. By eliminating government from the education equation, individuals are allowed to find the proper type of education for their families, and teachers and administrators are in a better position to design an educational program to fit the needs of individual families without being forced to serve a one size fits all program. Since there is less tax to pay, education is more affordable and additional sources of funds become available from which families could tap.

3. Allow individuals to protect their own life and property without fear of incrimination. By allowing individuals to defend themselves without necessary approval from government, there is less need for inspections at airports, less crime and more individual freedom.

2. Allow individuals to decide what money is and how much of it ought to be in circulation. By eliminating the Federal Reserve System, the business cycle is unheard of, inflation is reduced to practically zero and more individuals are able to share in the productive wealth produced by others.

1. And the number one way to reclaim liberty is to allow individuals to keep all of the income they earn and to spend it as they wish. Eliminating the income tax allows for the opportunity for the previous nine activities to take place, especially the golden rule.

Social Security, Medicare, public welfare, public spending, public schooling, income taxation, economic regulation, trade restrictions and central banking were all characteristics of 1938 Germany. As a matter of fact, they are all characteristics of today's Cuba, North Korea, Iran and other places where individual liberty is rare.To help reclaim liberty stop by The Freedom Library Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. to learn and understand the principles of liberty, and/or consider a contribution to The Freedom Library so that more individuals can learn and understand these principles.

---Howard J. Blitz is a local libertarian andpresident of The Freedom Library Inc.,2435 S. 8th Ave. His e-mail address isinfo@freedomlibrary.org.
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