Liberty Maven

I have 3 political heroes these days.  They are Ron Paul, Walter Williams, and John Stossel. John Stossel’s latest column, “Bill Gates Needs an Econ Course”, hammers a recent graduation speech given by Bill Gates at Harvard accusing him of pushing for solutions that hurt third world countries more than help them.  In it he states:

He should know that for spending to better reflect people’s values, governments must butt out. Politicians are notoriously bad at improving the lot of their populations. What they are good at is confiscating money and spending it the way they want it spent. It’s only when governments do less , and tax people less, that people are free to earn and keep their own money. Only then does their money really “reflect their values.”

This excellent column can be read here at townhall.com. Ron Paul has named two people as potential running mates, if he were to be the GOP nominee: Walter Williams and John Stossel.  I couldn’t agree with his choices more.