Book: 'Freedom Manifesto' - Steve Forbes

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http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/freedom-manifesto-steve-forbes-book.html

"Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media and former presidential candidate, and co-author Elizabeth Ames, give this debate a new and surprising twist. Today's bureaucratic and bloated Big Government, the authors argue, is the opposite of a moral force. Instead of assuring fairness, it promotes favoritism. Instead of furthering opportunity, it stifles economic growth. Instead of unleashing innovation and material abundance, its regulations and price controls create rigidity and scarcity."
 
Is it just me being more aware of the word "manifesto" since Ron Paul used it as part of the title of his book, or is it really being used way more frequently since then? Seems like there have been several books since then using it... at least a couple claiming to be about liberty.
 
Is it just me being more aware of the word "manifesto" since Ron Paul used it as part of the title of his book, or is it really being used way more frequently since then? Seems like there have been several books since then using it... at least a couple claiming to be about liberty.

you could say the same, if not more, about the word "Revolution" --- there's a tv series coming out named just that...
 
Is it just me being more aware of the word "manifesto" since Ron Paul used it as part of the title of his book, or is it really being used way more frequently since then? Seems like there have been several books since then using it... at least a couple claiming to be about liberty.
You're right. In fact, when Ron's book first came out, I remember some pundit trying to tie it to communism. Apparently the only other time they had heard the word "manifesto" used before, was for "communist manifesto", ergo anyone that uses the word manifesto must be a communist. :rolleyes:
 
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