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 ==> http://t.co/xN1wcLT6
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 31, 2012
"Governments never learn. Only people learn." Happy 100th Birthday, Milton Friedman.
— kathryn (@KatMParrish) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/mattbramanti/status/230262259564298240
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." — Milton Friedman pic.twitter.com/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
https://twitter.com/AlmightyBoob/status/230354153564688385
It would've been Milton #Friedman's 100th Birthday today but he's too #busy #burning in #hell.
— ../sashi.makatoto (@89138t) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/tonyrossmcmahon/status/230250461066821633
Milton Friedman may be dead, but ghastly income inequality he wanted, alive and kicking our butts. http://t.co/IazbYmfQ #wiunion
— Scot Ross (@rossacrosswi) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/ForwardDixie/status/230335892970156032
Milton Friedman: dead apologist for a dead economic model. Millions poor because of Capitalism. Let's move Forward shall we? #p2 #tcot
— DeepState Heroes (@CheShirtGuy) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/Romneys_aDouche/status/230287441540546562
Milton Friedman bred Thatcherism & Reaganomics. All three are enemies of the people, robbing from the poor to give to the rich. #FuckThemAll
— Tom Delargy #JC4PM #NationalizationWorkersControl (@derekrootboy) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/pro2rat/status/230302286482649088
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.
— #goodbyemjy 9/20 (@MarxJacobsYall) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/Matifesto/status/230319646396530688
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. http://t.co/QXjlR1i8
— Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) July 31, 2012
Happy 100th birthday, Milton Friedman. May your ideas continue to change the lives of billions for the better.
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