The Expansion of Free-Market Thinking . . .

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The Daily Bell interviews Lawrence W. (Larry) Reed, president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

Daily Bell:  Your point is that it is more difficult to live up to liberty than down to socialism?

Lawrence Reed:  That's exactly right. Socialism requires little more than obedience to authority: pay your crushing taxes, keep quiet and let somebody else run your life for you, even when they order you to give it up for a stupid cause like dictating how another country should live. Living to socialism's standards means living down to some pretty ugly things: dependency and disrespect for the rights and property of others being chief among them. Liberty is a lofty objective. It requires us to live up to very high standards. It's tempting to take what's not yours or hire a politician to do that for you, but doing so is incompatible with liberty and puts a permanent stain on your personal character. We should each be asking ourselves every day, "Am I good enough for liberty?" If the honest answer is NO, then the next logical step is to muster the courage and integrity to clean up your act.

Read interview here:
http://thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/35546/Anthony-Wile-Lawrence-Reed-on-the-Progress-of-FEE-the-Importance-of-Personal-Responsibility-and-the-Expansion-of-Free-Market-Thinking/