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Eric21ND
02-11-2009, 07:26 AM
Invite all our best minds just to speak and throw out ideas and field questions from the audience. Make it like a round table conference of real intellects, and no Paul Krugman will not get an invitation. :rolleyes: This will do two things, it will do away with the notion that "all economists agree a stimulus is needed" that the media loves to repeat ad naseum and it will give the public an alternative view to these bailouts/stimulus plans. I feel the public is already highly skeptical of this stimulus package and we need to tap into that and bring these people to our cause and give them a voice...or let them know they have a voice within the people speaking out against these measures like the people below. Campaign for Liberty...make it happen!

Who should we invite?

Ron Paul

Peter Schiff

Thomas E. Woods

Marc Faber

Jim Rogers

Cody Williard (young guy from Fox Happy Hour)

John Stossel (could we get him to be the guest host)
Eric21ND
02-11-2009, 07:30 AM
Any other prolific free market public figures worth inviting? We could even have C-SPAN cover it and advertise it virally like the old money bombs. :)
sratiug
02-11-2009, 09:42 AM
Good idea. Invite Thomas Jefferson and the original Henry Ford if you can...
Andrew-Austin
02-11-2009, 10:14 AM
Max Keiser, dude is a good economist and hes funny as hell.
captainelectron
02-11-2009, 10:19 AM
Ixnay on Jim Rogers. He is a big part of the problem.
danberkeley
02-11-2009, 12:24 PM
Ixnay on Jim Rogers. He is a big part of the problem.

How so?
dr. hfn
02-11-2009, 12:32 PM
great idea! The C4L should hold it!
NightOwl
02-12-2009, 08:56 PM
Ixnay on Jim Rogers. He is a big part of the problem.

How exactly is Jim Rogers, who endorsed Ron Paul and who calls for the abolition of the Fed and opposes all the bailouts, part of the problem?
heavenlyboy34
02-12-2009, 08:59 PM
The writers from "The Objective Standard" may be a good place to look. (got my sample issue today, and I like it!)
1000-points-of-fright
02-12-2009, 09:04 PM
Walter Williams. Gotta have a black guy so you don't get accused of being racist.
danberkeley
02-12-2009, 09:19 PM
Walter Williams. Gotta have a black guy so you don't get accused of being racist.

And Thomas Sowell.
Eric21ND
02-12-2009, 09:54 PM
Walter Williams. Gotta have a black guy so you don't get accused of being racist.
Oh crap how could I forget Walter Williams! He's awesome! :eek:
Eric21ND
02-12-2009, 09:55 PM
I actually think we'd get a good deal of news coverage holding a forum like this.
idiom
02-12-2009, 11:23 PM
The important thing is to give it a neutral sounding name, Like the "National Council of American Economists" or some such. Then they can put out a press release that sounds authoratative every time Obama opens his mouth.
dr. hfn
02-13-2009, 12:03 AM
this is a seriously good idea!!! Just when the economy blows up, we can hold our Council on Economic Truth
Mini-Me
02-13-2009, 12:06 AM
The important thing is to give it a neutral sounding name, Like the "National Council of American Economists" or some such. Then they can put out a press release that sounds authoratative every time Obama opens his mouth.

That's actually pretty clever...use some of the same tactics that establishment hacks do to lend authority to our voices. :)
idiom
02-13-2009, 03:57 AM
Well the media essentially is always looking for a response, especially a controversial one.
eOs
02-13-2009, 04:07 AM
Don't we already have the Mises institute?
idiom
02-13-2009, 04:14 AM
"Well of course the Misers institute would be against spending"
Eric21ND
02-13-2009, 09:05 AM
Don't we already have the Mises institute?
Yes we do, but we need something like a forum or conference to bring in all the best minds under one roof. We need to be in the public eye more. I think having these 10 or so economic experts on one stage would be HUGE! The CFL should really set this up and even have tickets for the event, I'm sure we'd get a few hundred people showing up. Tickets could offset the price of getting all these people under one roof at the sametime.
Eric21ND
02-13-2009, 09:08 AM
The next stage is deciding when and where to have this and how the discussion format would be setup. I think something close to a townhall discussion would be appropriate because allowing the public to weigh-in on matters and fire off questions is vitally important. The politicians think we're all idiots and don't understand the issue.