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David Strom is the President of the Minnesota Free Market Institute. He hosts a weekly radio show on AM-1280 "The Patriot" in Minneapolis-St. Paul, available on podcast at Townhall.com.
He is a graduate of Carleton College, and holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from Duke University. He has taught political philosophy at Duke University, North Carolina State University, Carleton College, and the University of St. Thomas. David's work at the Taxpayers League began in 1997 when the organization was formed as a 501(c)4 non-profit, and he became President in January of 2004. He now runs the newly rebranded Minnesota Free Market Institute. which does research, publishes pamphlets and papers, and holds forums educating citizens regarding the importance of free market principles to liberty and prosperity.
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David Strom (Dec 31, 2007)
If you asked most Americans today what the biggest threat to our future prosperity is you would get answers like competition from abroad, outsourcing, the subprime mortgage... more
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David Strom (Dec 14, 2007)
Congress has taken another substantial step toward passing an Energy bill that could spell disaster for American consumers and manufacturers, ensuring a future of rising... more
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David Strom (Dec 04, 2007)
The 18.4 cents a gallon Federal gas tax is perhaps the single worst influence on the development of rational transportation policies in the United States, and it should... more
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David Strom (Nov 21, 2007)
There is something about free trade that scares the dickens out of many ordinary Americans.
It just doesn’t seem to make sense to them that opening American markets to... more
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David Strom (Nov 13, 2007)
Two years ago, Ethanol and Biodiesel were being touted as the solution to our “addiction” to oil.
After all, wouldn’t it be better to grow our fuel than simply pump it... more
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David Strom (Nov 02, 2007)
Is Governor Tim Pawlenty looking to get a Nobel Peace Prize by following in the wake of Al Gore?
Minnesota’s Governor Tim Pawlenty is reportedly planning a spring trip... more
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David Strom (Oct 24, 2007)
We live in the most prosperous place at the most prosperous and creative time in world history.
Yet everywhere I turn, I see conservatives and libertarians down in... more
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David Strom (Sep 18, 2007)
Imagine this: in 1776, the Founders of our country concluded that the most important means of communication—at that time the printing press—was so vital to the economic and... more
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David Strom (Aug 29, 2007)
For most of us, life is pretty simple. If there isn't enough of something and prices skyrocket, the last thing we would think of is limiting the supplies even more and... more
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David Strom (Aug 22, 2007)
It was just over two weeks ago that Minnesota experienced what many politicians here declared was one of the greatest tragedies the State had ever seen—the collapse of the... more
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David Strom (Jul 30, 2007)
There's normal life, then there's government.
In normal life, things change. Our fortunes go up, they go down. Our lives are in constant flux. One day we fall in love and... more
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David Strom (Jun 25, 2007)
I have always been a big believer that free markets tend to lead to freer political societies.
The logic—and empirical evidence—of economics is pretty clear: free market... more
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David Strom (Jun 09, 2007)
November 8th 2006 was a pretty depressing day to be a Republican, no matter where you lived.
In Minnesota, though, the news was especially gloomy. In just 4 years the... more
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David Strom (Jun 01, 2007)
Economic debates are dominated by stupid misconceptions, so it is difficult to pick one as the most pernicious of them all.
But if anyone is up to this difficult task, it... more
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David Strom (May 16, 2007)
Charles G. Koch is the most important businessman you have never heard of.
For that matter, Koch is likely to prove to be the most significant figure in American... more
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David Strom (May 08, 2007)
Those of us who inhabit the reality-based community are often struck by how liberals are always hitting the panic button.
Chicken Little was calm, cool, and... more
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David Strom (May 03, 2007)
One of the most persistent and wrongheaded notions held by many in the political and intellectual class is that nothing happens without someone planning and legislating it... more
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David Strom (Apr 24, 2007)
Ever notice how the left’s solution to all the world’s ills is to create a bureaucracy?
The larger the better. The more government employees, the better.
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David Strom (Apr 17, 2007)
How often have you heard phrases like "tax cuts for the rich" hurled as epithets by liberal activists?
It's like a mantra. Every time a tax cut is proposed, liberals go... more
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David Strom (Mar 19, 2007)
What happens when the left-leaning media is confronted with a left-wing attack on a media outlet?
The full-scale attack on Fox News by faux-populist Democrat Presidential... more
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David Strom (Mar 07, 2007)
Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you’ve probably heard that Vice President Dick Cheney’s friend and advisor “Scooter” Libby has been convicted and faces jail... more
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David Strom (Mar 01, 2007)
A new fascist movement is on the rise, and proponents of individual liberty are losing ground.
Left-wingers often accuse conservatives of being fascists, but the... more
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David Strom (Feb 21, 2007)
Why is "Capitalism" a dirty word for some people?
It makes no sense at all. Since the decline of feudalism and mercantilism, the rise of capitalism has given us the most... more
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David Strom (Feb 12, 2007)
I used to think that liberals were mistaken, but well-intentioned.
Now, I am not so sure.
Of course I still believe that most liberals I meet are... more
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David Strom (Feb 01, 2007)
Have you ever noticed that the people who seem to be most certain about things are often really quite ignorant?
It’s a version of “don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind... more
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David Strom (Jan 25, 2007)
Are you afraid? Very afraid?
Well, if you aren’t, you should be. And if you are, you aren’t scared enough.
In just over a week, we are about to be treated to yet... more
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David Strom (Jan 18, 2007)
It may never fully have been true that “politics stops at the water’s edge, but that famous phrase coined by Senator Arthur Vandenberg to describe postwar unity has resonated... more
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David Strom (Jan 12, 2007)
For some time it has seemed to me that the most important distinction determining how people view the conflict in Iraq is based upon different conceptions of what exactly the... more
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David Strom (Jan 08, 2007)
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee and recently knighted “Bono,” lead singer of the band U2, took a hit to his reputation as an antipoverty crusader a few months ago. U2 Ltd—the... more