"Most conservatives and libertarians in the United States would dismiss the idea of a guaranteed national income (GNI) out of hand. Typical European socialism, would be the reaction. The fevered brainchild of Bernie Sanders. Actually, though, free-market thinkers from F. A. Hayek and Robert Nozick to Milton Friedman and Charles Murray have long been open to some form of GNI."
"A stubborn myth of the pro-tax left (exemplified by Bernie Sanders) is that the Reagan tax cuts merely benefitted the rich (aka Top 1%), so it would be both harmless and fair to roll back the top tax rates to 70% or 91%. Nothing could be further from the truth." http://bit.ly/1SYmnxY
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
"This Earth Day, it’s time to give the polar bear the respect it deserves. Nothing humans can do to the climate is going to wipe it out. That’s because we can’t change the Arctic as much as Nature has during the bear’s existence."
Harriet Tubman risked her life time after time to lead people out of slavery to freedom. She’s a libertarian heroine.
Learn more about Ms. Tubman: http://j.mp/1VJiL9f
Why we're glad she'll be added to the $20: http://bit.ly/1rkGpgd
"Understanding the enormous increase in world standards of living over the past three centuries and the past 25 years should be a starting point for any discussion of further progress."