Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“I’ve been told liberty isn’t as important as making money or raising a family. If someone doesn’t understand how critical liberty is to both of these tasks, and more, they might believe this. Without liberty, you, your family, the economy, and society will suffer. If you don’t have the liberty to negotiate with a potential employer, you may not get the job you want. When government intrudes into the negotiations, you both lose. This has happened to me. I once saw a business I wanted to work for; they needed an employee, but couldn’t afford to pay the government-mandated minimum wage. I was willing to work for less, for the experience, and to show the employer how I could help him. He wouldn’t risk doing something that would have benefited us both because of government rules. We were both worse off because government was protecting us from liberty.” (07/30/25)