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Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Subject: Use the lever::::::A generous donor seeks to leverage his contributions. That means you can help. Every dollar you give to DownsizeDC.org right now could be worth $2!
Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Recruit more Downsizers. Forward this to others.::::::Quotes of the Day:::::::“We didn’t need a central bank when we were on the Gold Standard. People would buy and sell gold and the markets would do what the Fed does now.” — Alan Greenspan::::::“I’ve been in the forecasting business for 50 years, and I’m no better than I ever was, and nobody else is either.” — Alan Greenspan::::::Subject: Vanishing Value::::::The Cox News service reports that food prices are up 37% from a year ago. The “Times” of London reported on December 3 that Gulf Oil states are reducing their ties to the dollar. Iran stopped conducting its oil business in dollars on December 7th.::::::Why are food prices rising? Why is the worldwide demand for dollars shrinking?
Today’s Downsize DC Conference Call, my one-hour, Sunday radio show, is about a few Presidential candidates. I’ll get to those details in a moment. But first, some good news!
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:::Guess which Genesis Communications Network (GCN) hosted show is the most popular program on Sundays? That’s right, the Downsize DC Conference Call. Audience levels have increased dramatically during 2007, and as a result, I’ve been offered a second hour.
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:::On top of that, I’m in talks with a program director about joining a popular FM talk station in a medium-sized market. This would be quite a coup, and would, probably all by itself, double my audience. It’s not a done deal yet, but wow is this exciting!
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:::But in order to move forward,
This episode was previewed here, and was about the critics of Ron Paul. ::::::Of course, we also had a Gun Owners of America Update.
Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch . . .::::::SUBJECT: The Read the Bills Act
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:::Americans have a right to be angry at the way Congress does things. But what goes on in Congress also goes on in our state legislatures, and even foreign parliaments.
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:::New Zealand, for instance, is considering an election finance bill that favors incumbents and cracks down on freedom of speech and third parties (sound familiar?). It’s so bad that the New Zealand Herald has now run two front-page editorials against it.
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:::Worse, the bill is “nearly impossible to read. … It’s so bad a commission can’t interpret the bill to determine if it’s legal.” Source: Dumb Laws in the News
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:::And here’s a story closer to home.
Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Recruit others to pass this bill. Forward this message.::::::Quote of the Day:::::::“There are no hopeless situations; There are only men who have grown hopeless about them.” :::– Clare Boothe Luce::::::Media Announcement: Jim Babka will be on the air with Gary Nolan today. See below the details for information about how you can listen over the Internet. ::::::Subject: Ron Paul’s “Honest Money Act”::::::Imagine living in a world without inflation, recessions, bubbles, booms, or busts, and where your money buys more and more instead of less and less. Congressman Ron Paul’s “Honest Money Act” (HR 2756) could be a big step in that direction. ::::::The “Honest Money Act” (HR 2756) would repeal the legal tender law. If you’re well versed in economics and already know why this would be a good thing, ask your elected representatives to cosponsor HR 2756 here.::::::If you don’t know the significance of repealing the legal tender law an explanation follows . . .
Today’s Downsize DC Conference Call, my one-hour, Sunday radio show, is about the critics of Ron Paul.*
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:::It seems some folks are intent on smearing him.
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:::One charge, in particular, is completely disprovable. The critics can be
Quote of the Day:::::::“I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t know a lot about Cuba’s health care system. Is it a government-run system?”:::- Sen. John Edwards, would-be president::::::Subject: Is reality negotiable?::::::We do a lot of reading here at Downsize DC. Behind every 800-word Dispatch we send you there are usually many thousands of words of research we’ve read before daring to open our mouths. Were that not so you would see many more campaigns from us, and many more mistakes too.::::::Often, we are not fully satisfied until we’ve found arguments that challenge our views, and sometimes we are surprised, learning that things are not what we assumed them to be. ::::::This commitment to challenging pre-conceived notions is largely missing from the public debate, and desperately needed. Our state-run schools teach too much dogma without stopping to consider conflicting evidence and alternative theories that might better explain that evidence. ::::::No, we’re not talking about the evolution debate. We’re talking about history and law and economics. The deeper we look the more we find that most of what passes for conventional wisdom in these areas is pure rot, and the rot extends from our schools to the media and straight-up to the latest roster of would-be presidents.::::::For instance . . .
Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Subject: Incentives::::::The headline on Politico.com reads “Lobbying lucre awaits Lott.” That sums it up. Senator Trent Lott, the Minority Whip, is almost certainly retiring a year earlier than expected because he has an incentive to do so.
Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Recruit friends to support the “One Subject at a Time Act.” Share this with others.::::::Subject: The One Subject at a Time Act::::::Congress routinely passes unpopular laws by combining them with completely unrelated bills that have majority support. For example . . .