1) Policy Focus: Qui Bono?
2) The David Strom Show
3) Pocket Constitution Promotion
4) In case you missed it: Recent commentary from the Minnesota Free Market Institute
5) Save the date! July 31st is Friedman Legacy Day!
1) Policy Focus: Qui Bono?
There is no group more vilified today than the speculators, and few who are as unjustly attacked. Speculators have been taking a lot of heat from politicians and various other demagogues as the cause of the rapid rise in food and energy prices.
The latest group to get into the act of blaming speculators for rising prices is a coalition of a few big businesses (mainly airlines) that use a lot of fuel. They have banded together to create "Stop Oil Speculation Now," a group dedicated to getting the government to seize more control over the futures trading market. One thing these businesses fail to tell you is that they were doing badly long before oil prices went up, mainly due to poor management.
If the idea of big businesses calling for more big government doesn't frighten you, you must be a socialist already. These companies aren't pushing this agenda for the common good of all of us-they want the government to bail them out by imposing price controls on oil through the back door of impeding the trading of futures in oil.
It's hard to find an idea as dumb as this getting such serious attention.
Read more of An Unpopular Truth at Townhall.com
Also: You might be a speculator at Market Power blog
2) The David Strom Show
The David Strom Show sponsored by the Minnesota Free Market Institute is broadcast weekly on AM 1280 The Patriot Saturdays 9-11 A.M. Podcasts of the show are available at Townhall.com and also directly via iTunes. (See our radio show page for details). The show is now downloaded over 11,000 times a month!
Last Saturday on the David Strom Show:
Hour 1: Phil Krinkie, President of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota was David's guests, debunking about claims by some legislative candidates that the state did not raise taxes last session and giving a preview of the 3/8 sales tax proposed constitutional amendment for arts and "cultural heritage" on the ballot this fall.
Hour 2: King Banaian, St. Cloud State Professor and Chair of Economics gives his monthly analysis of the state of the Economy and recent Financial market news.
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3)Pocket Constitution Promotion
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4) In Case you Missed it: Recent Commentary from the Minnesota Free Market Institute .
5) Save the date! July 31st is Friedman Legacy Day!
The Minnesota Free Market Institute will hold its 2nd annual event commemorating Milton Friedman's birthday on July 31st from 5:30-7:30 pm at Santorini's in Saint Louis Park. RSVP to Jordan Mason
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