Today is the 100th birthday of capitalist propagandist and ideologue Milton Friedman. What are you doing to celebrate his no longer living?
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Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ) July 31, 2012
Today would have been Nobel laureate Milton Friedman’s 100th birthday.
Friedman was a tireless champion of economic freedom and individual liberty. As Thomas Sowell notes, he was an intellectual giant, “but people with no knowledge of economics had no trouble understanding his popular books.”
Friedman’s name is trending on Twitter today as the right side of the Twitterverse celebrates the centenary of his birth.
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand." ~Milton Friedman—
Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) July 31, 2012
Vid flashback: Milton Friedman educates Phil Donahue on self-interest & self-ownership ==> youtu.be/rcykt12InD0—
Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 31, 2012
"Governments never learn. Only people learn." Happy 100th Birthday, Milton Friedman.—
Kathryn DeLong (@kathryndelong) July 31, 2012
Milton Friedman would've turned 100 today, and there's still no such thing as a free lunch.—
Matt Bramanti (@mattbramanti) July 31, 2012
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." — Milton Friedman http://t.co/9m4s6jLF—
Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) July 30, 2012
Meanwhile, unhinged leftists who abhor free markets and free people couldn’t wait to slither out of their gutters to spit on Friedman’s grave.
Milton Friedman 100 year b-day…in the depths of hell him and Pinochet been talking externalities while drinking baby blood for 6 years now—
1nvisibleman (@opticaldensity) July 31, 2012
milton friedman is burning in hell for all eternity, forced to limp fuck ayn rands disgusting holes—
AlmightyBob (@AlmightyBoob) July 31, 2012
It would've been Milton #Friedman's 100th Birthday today but he's too #busy #burning in #hell.—
Michael Pierce (@___mp) July 31, 2012
One assumes Milton Friedman – Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand occupy some government free lower rung of hell—
Tony McMahon (@tonyrossmcmahon) July 31, 2012
Milton Friedman may be dead, but ghastly income inequality he wanted, alive and kicking our butts. bit.ly/MPdB9M #wiunion—
Scot Ross (@rossacrosswi) July 31, 2012
Happy birthday, Milton Friedman. Your economic policies ruined the lives of millions. The Chilean Miracle was a farce.—
Alexander B Roberson (@ForwardDixie) July 31, 2012
Milton Friedman: dead apologist for a dead economic model. Millions poor because of Capitalism. Let's move Forward shall we? #p2 #tcot—
Ignatius M. Marks (@CheShirtGuy) July 31, 2012
Happy Birthday to Milton Friedman! whose free market economics ruined all progress in Latin America and created suffering for millions
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Salvador Allende (@Romneys_aDouche) July 31, 2012
Milton Friedman bred Thatcherism & Reaganomics. All three are enemies of the people, robbing from the poor to give to the rich. #FuckThemAll—
Tom Delargy (@derekrootboy) July 31, 2012
The Thatcher regime in Britain was also heavily influenced by the ideas of "free market" capitalist pigs like Milton Friedman—
professor rat (@pro2rat) July 31, 2012
My grandad, like Milton Friedman, is 100 today. Thankfully, that's where his similarities to that ruling class warrior end.—
Andrew Stone (@NotoffPineapple) July 31, 2012
I should also point out that, unlike the vulture capitalist apologist for Pinochet's coup Milton Friedman, my grandad is still with us.—
Andrew Stone (@NotoffPineapple) July 31, 2012
The world is no less awful since Milton Friedman's been dead as the damage as already been done. Hug someone you love every day.—
Captain A.C.A.B. (@ille_crop) July 31, 2012
Milton Friedman, the man who perpetuated the horrors of capitalism, is 100 today. #p2—
Matthew McKenzie (@Matifesto) July 31, 2012
The “horrors of capitalism”? Capitalism has raised the standard of living in every social stratum, saving lives and lifting millions out of poverty around the globe. To call that a “horror” is nothing short of evil.
As Friedman wrote, “Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
Today is Milton Friedman's 100th birthday. America – and the world – need his advocacy of freedom more than ever. youtube.com/watch?v=D3N2sN…—
Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) July 31, 2012
Happy 100th birthday, Milton Friedman. May your ideas continue to change the lives of billions for the better.
