Menzies House

Paul Murray Live - Go Away Rudd

Sam Murray is spot on:

Lemon - Déjà vu

MUST WATCH: The Forbidden History of Terrible Taxes

Deck The Halls With Macro Follies

Professor Russ Roberts and his team at EconStories.tv (the creators of the Hayek-Keynes rap amongst others) have a new educational video out on economics for the holiday season, this time tackling the myth our politicians peddle that we need to borrow more to spend more to "stimulate" the economy.

Well worth a watch!

Judge Judy On The Entitlement State

Renown Political Philosopher Judge Judy absolutely nails the Entitlement state in this great clip.

Make sure to watch the whole thing!

Christopher Buckley once wrote a satire about how a Judge Judy character was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court... I'm starting to think, watching this, that it might actually be a good idea!

I Pencil: The Movie

The good people at the Competative Enterprise Institute have produced a short 6 minutes video of Leonard Read's famous 1958 essay "I, Pencil" - an essay that I personally consider one of the strongest and most powerful defences of capitalism and free enterprise, and explanation of why command and control government-run socialist economies can never work, out there. Well worth watching:

TVA

Rowan Atkinson Stands Up For Freedom Of Speech

Make sure you take the time to watch this great clip of Rowan Atkinson defending freedom of speech:

 

MyChoice Australia: Help Fight The Nanny State

It's been a tough few weeks for those of us who believe in individual freedom and personal responsibility in Australia. As if the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco wasn't bad enough, our nanny state industry now wants plain packaging for food, and government mandated 'regulated portion sizes'  ID scanners have been proposed for bars, the AMA wants to raise the drinking age to 25, and in Victoria, John Elliott wants all bars to close at 1am, because apparently forcing everyone onto the street at the same time with no public transport which will inevitably lead to violence as it has everywhere else is something they want in Victoria. Not even our children are safe: kids have been banned from playing ball games after school as well as cartwheels (two months ago hugs and high-fives were banned for violating a 'no contact' policy.  I could go on, but you get the idea.

This is why last month, our parent group, the Australian Taxpayers' Alliance, started MyChoice Australia as Australia's first dedicated activist group committed to fighting the nanny state, and restoring our long-lost liberties.

I would encourage everyone here to visit the MyChoice website, sign up, and take part in this campaign.

The official MyChoice launch was held in Melbourne last month, with Tim Wilson from the IPA, Dr. Michael Keane from Monash University, and Cassandra Wilkinson from The Australian. Please watch the video below - it's 40 minutes, but well worth the time to watch - promise!