Listen in as we visit with our Special Guest for this Call for Freedom, Connor Boyack, He is a web developer by day and political economist by night, and on lunch breaks, and pretty much whenever his iPhone beeps at him.

He’s best known for his blog “Connor’s Conundrums” where he regularly writes about politics, philosophy, religion, and other hot topics your high school teacher wouldn’t dare discuss. Connor and his family currently live in a place that some people refer to as Happy Valley.

Bachelors in Information Technology from BYU, currently (sort of) pursuing a masters in Political Economy from George Wythe University

Interviewed by: Randall Hinton and Thomas Dyches

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Listen in while we discuss how due to the recent horrific events in Haiti President Obama has committed $100 million in monetary aid by US tax payers. He has also expressed our country’s intention to help rebuild the nation over the long term. Historically, America has given trillions of dollars to foreign nations in the form of “aid” through the UN and other avenues, at the expense of the US tax payer. On this Call For Freedom we will analyze this pattern of aiding foreign nations via the government to determine if this is a legitimate use of governmental force.

Presented by: Randall Hinton and Thomas Dyches

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ECONOMIC CONCEPTS: THE FALLACY OF THE FREE LUNCH

“Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.” –Frédéric Bastiat

Join us as we discuss the invasion of the “Entitlement Mentality,” and how it has affected our nation. What has been the result of our turning away from the virtues of self-reliance and responsibility? To what extent has this mental shift aided in the creation of our oppressive monetary policy? Listen in or call in this week to share your insights and impressions.

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Listen to our Call for Freedom from December 15th 2009, where we discuss how the Federal Reserve, despite claims to the contrary, has spent the last century destroying the US currency through it’s reckless management of monetary policy. Learn what is awaiting us in the years ahead, and what you can do to hedge against a worst case scenario.

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Listen to our Call for Freedom from November 17th 2009, where we discuss that many people praise the Federal Government for its role in granting millions of Americans the opportunity to seek learning at institutions of higher education. Join us as we pull back the curtain and show how these seemingly gallant practices are undermining the viability of our bastions of learning, both economically and socially. And how government interaction in education is actually hurting the students its supposed to be helping.

Join us for a lively discussion and prepare to re-examine potentially some of your own deeply held beliefs about education and how it relates to the proper role of government.

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Listen to our Call For Freedom from October 20th 2009 where we discuss how everyone is effected by inflation, it has greatest impact on those who don’t understand what it is and how it works. For our Economics and Principles week we will explore the following questions:

- What is inflation?
- How has it impacted the economy of the United States over the last Century?
- What does the future hold for inflation?
- How can I Prepare for that future?

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When did Congress first issue paper money with no gold or silver to back it up – in 1808, 1862, or 1933?Answer: In 1862 (during the Civil War).

I saw this today and thought that our readers might find this entertaining.

Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat.

She called her neighbors and said, “If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?”

“Not I,” said the cow.
“Not I,” said the duck.
“Not I,” said the pig.
“Not I,” said the goose.

“Then I will,” said the little red hen, and she did.

The wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. “Who will help me reap my wheat?” asked the little red hen.

“Not I,” said the duck.
“Out of my classification,” said the pig.
“I’d lose my seniority,” said the cow.
“I’d lose my unemployment compensation,” said the goose.

“Then I will,” said the little red hen, and she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread. “Who will help me bake the bread?” asked the little red hen.

“That would be overtime for me,” said the cow.
“I’d lose my welfare benefits,” said the duck.
“I’m a dropout and never learned how,” said the pig.
“If I’m to be the only helper, that’s discrimination,” said the goose.

“Then I will,” said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share.

But the little red hen said, “No, I can eat the five loaves.”

“Excess profits!” cried the cow.
“Capitalist leech!” screamed the duck.
“I demand equal rights!” yelled the goose.
And the pig just grunted.

And they painted “unfair” picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

When the government agent came, he said to the little red hen, “You must not be greedy.”

“But I earned the bread,” said the little red hen.

“Exactly,” said the agent. “That is the wonderful free enterprise system. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide their product with the idle.”

And they lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, “I am grateful. I am grateful.”

But her neighbors wondered why she never again baked any more bread.

With the nation deepening in economic turmoil a virus seems to have gotten loose on capitol hill. This virus seems to turn the minds and backbones of men and women alike, into a gelatinous mass. They then stop thinking and rush to get something done, rather than stopping to think if they ought to be doing anything at all.

We stand at a crossroads, the future of our country is looking more bleak every day. Our lawmakers seem more ready to do the things that will bring them greater popularity, rather than take a hard look and make hard or unpopular decisions that would be in the best interest of our country.

Now that we have every lawmaker in Washington DC squabbling over the billions of dollars that they want to print for us, our state leaders are discussing all the great ways that they can spend the money that comes to them. What a great opportunity for our state leaders to really “LEAD” and turn down the money. Follow true economic principles and somebody take a stand before this beast destroys what little we have left. Call your state representatives and ask them to stand against this doling out of your children’s future today.

The problem was not created because of and will not be fixed with MONEY. We must take a stand for principle or we will reap the unfortunate rewards of economic slavery.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat was born in 1801, in France. As he grew he experienced many of the hardships that come with Wars and Governement Economic intervention. Being an exporter by trade, he was able to see their effects first hand. Coming of age during the Napoleonic wars, and then living through another of France’s revolutions, he was seasoned with understanding of what an oppressive and overwhelming government can do to the people. He wrote many works and shared many speaches, seaking for a freeing of the economy and the people, rather than forcing them to live under monarchical or socialistic forces. He could be declared to be the Thomas Jefferson of France, well read, well written and easy to understand. We could all learn a great deal by reading some of his great although brief works like The Law.

“Try to imagine a regulation of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property. If you cannot reconcile these contradictions, then you must conclude that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.” – from The Law