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To: Fangorn who wrote (5181)	5/14/2002 10:03:11 PM
From: Dan B.	Respond to of 13060

Fangorn, That damn Friedman guy, he's almost always right! Great article for a Libertarian to read, thanks. I liked P.J. O'rourke's comment too: "Libertarians don't expect miracles from individuals. We just expect individuals to be individuals, with the limited scope for evil that individuals enjoy." I also was impressed by the efforts of the late Lord Peter Bauer "who made it his life's work to promote ideas basic to the pursuit of happiness. Lord Bauer was one of the past century's great champions of human dignity and freedom, arguing that this was the way to wealth--especially for the poorest people of the developing world. He argued for trade, not aid. He insisted that the real answer to poverty lies not in subsidies or state planning, but in giving people the freedom to choose how to spend their own energy and resources." --From your link Freedom Works, Dan B