Tag Archives: Free Market

Silent Cal

Posted on August 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Silent Calby Michael DoyleSilent CalSpent a lot of time in his head.But those things he said,Keep on being said.Silent Cal,Kept in thought with little said.But what he said resonates a lot.It’s not very likely to be forgot.To the point, yet … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: What of All the Entrepreneurs That Fail? Well, Many Do, Particularly the Successful Ones

Posted on February 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Some people, even in my own country, look at the riot of experiment that is the free market and see only waste. What of all the entrepreneurs that fail? Well, many do, particularly the successful ones. Often several times. And … Continue reading →

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Kaleidoscope

Posted on August 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Kaleidoscopeby Michael DoyleIndia offers her vast diversitySimply put, a wealth of complexityFilled with peace within her kaleidoscopeAs harmonious coexistence offers hopeSlumdog lords are opulent in a historyOf a people struggling with povertyPluralistic in a free market democracyAs a metaphor lived … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Sum of Government Is to Restrain Mankind From Harming Others and Otherwise Free

Posted on October 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Give Trade A Stable Course, Commercial Policy Should Hold An Equal and Impartial Hand

Posted on October 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Sum of Good Government Is To Restrain Harm To One Another and Otherwise Leave Citizens Free

Posted on August 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

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First Principles: All the World Is Better With Commerce At Perfect Liberty

Posted on May 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought for the Day: Prosperity and Human Fulfillment Are Created From the Bottom Up

Posted on April 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: Tariffs Tend To Increase Prices For the Items Being Protected

Posted on March 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Measures which serve to abridge the free competition of foreign Articles, have a tendency to occasion an enhancement of prices.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791) While the purposes behind the tariffs might be well intended. The outcome is not very likely … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Redistribution of Wealth Makes A Nation Poorer

Posted on August 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“…(R)eshuffling wealth by programs of tax and subsidy merely enriches some at the expense of others; the nation as a whole becomes poorer. Private enterprise capitalism is, in fact, the answer for anyone who really does have a preferential option … Continue reading →

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