Support FSF's Work on #AnyGivenTuesday
November 20, 2018
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Dear Free State Foundation Friends and Supporters,
Alright! I know that the official
#GivingTuesday
is next Tuesday, not this one. But is there any law that says you can't give to the Free State Foundation's work on
#AnyGivenTuesday
? Not yet anyway!
Truth be told, I am a bit concerned that by next Tuesday, after surviving #BlackFriday, #SmallBusinessSaturday, and #CyberMonday, you may already have borrowed from your "giving" pot in the heat of the buying frenzy. It's not an unnatural worry, right?
More than once I've recalled what Erasmus of Rotterdam, the prominent 16
th
century Dutch humanist scholar, said: “When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left over, I buy food or clothes.” Were Erasmus living today, is it that difficult to imagine him proclaiming:
“When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left over, I give to the Free State Foundation on #AnyGivenTuesday.”
One of the many ways the Free State Foundation is different from other charitable and educational organizations is that we refrain from frequent fundraising appeals. Instead, we prefer to devote our time and energy to accomplishing our mission: promoting free market, property rights, and rule of law principles and policies. That's the reason the Free State Foundation exists, and that's the reason we relish coming to work every day. Just as we have done for the past twelve years.
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Perhaps the fundraising gurus may be right that it takes several ten-page long snail mail appeals – with lots of
bold letters
and
triple exclamation points (!!!)
– to convince you to support a worthy cause. But I remain unconvinced.
So, this is only one of two or possibly three direct requests for support of our work you'll receive all year. If you value the Free State Foundation's consistent, thoughtful, and principled advocacy of laws and policies that further free markets, limited government, property rights, and the rule of law, it's a good day - on this
#AnyGivenTuesday -
to make a
tax-deductible
contribution.
Most readers of this message are regular followers of the Free State Foundation's work. For that, I'm very grateful. We receive lots of ongoing positive feedback regarding our publications and events, and we appreciate that too. (And we're also grateful for constructive criticism offered respectfully.)
So, in keeping with my promise of brevity here are a few highlights of what, thus far, has been our most productive and impactful year ever. You'll find all of our publications for this year and every year on our
Free State Foundation website
and on our
FSF blog
.
- Already this year, we've published 42 scholarly Perspectives from FSF Scholars and 127 blogs - outpacing last year's record.
- Many of our Perspectives and our blogs contain specific, novel proposals for reforming our nation's communications laws and policies in a free market, rule of law direction.
- Our Tenth Annual Telecom Policy Conference held at the National Press Club featured an outstanding array of notable speakers in keynote roles, including FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, FCC Commissioners Michael O’Rielly and Brendan Carr, NTIA Administrator David Redl, and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Neomi Rao. The conference drew over 154 attendees and - once again - was broadcast live in its entirety by C-SPAN, surely a testament to the quality of the program.
- FSF continues to be an acknowledged leader in the fight against the effort to impose public utility-like regulation on Internet service providers. Thankfully, just as FSF urged repeatedly in its dozens of FCC comments, Perspectives, op-eds, and blogs, the FCC repealed the 2015 Obama era public utility-like regulatory regime in December 2017 in its Restoring Internet Freedom proceeding. But make no mistake: The fight to preserve Internet freedom continues, of course. To that end, this fall published its latest book, A Reader on Net Neutrality and Restoring Internet Freedom, to serve as a resource in the ongoing fight.
- FSF continues its advocacy to protect intellectual property rights. Following the publication of our book, The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property - A Natural Rights Perspective, available from Amazon here, we began a new series of scholarly IP papers that will comprise our next Intellectual Property book. Already this series includes titles such as "The Common Purposes of Intellectual Property and Antitrust," "Modernizing the Copyright Office for the Digital Age Economy," and "Modernizing International Agreements to Prevent Copyright Infringement."
- Finally, we've continued to publish pieces regarding ways that Maryland can eliminate unduly burdensome regulations, get rid of unnecessary occupational and business licensing requirements, reduce taxes, and generally improve the state's business climate.
Consistent with my promise of brevity, the above recital obviously is intended only to be a very brief recap. But I hope it's sufficient to convince you to make a
tax-deductible donation
on this
#AnyGivenTuesday
. Or if not today, then on
#GivingTuesday
, or as soon as you can. It is as simple as this: Your tax-deductible contribution supports the Free State Foundation's research, educational, and advocacy work. (The Free State Foundation is a nonpartisan, tax-exempt Section 501(c)(3) research and educational foundation.)
Now, in our twelfth year, the Free State Foundation remains as dedicated as it was on Day One (to borrow a phrase) to promoting free market, limited government, and rule of law principles and policies. So, please consider making a donation today.
Information concerning making a donation by check or credit card is
here
.
Or simply click the Donate button to contribute by credit card or PayPal.
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Thanks in advance for considering a donation to support our free market, rule of law-based work, and for your personal friendship!
I hope you and your family enjoy a safe and meaningful Thanksgiving!
Randolph May
President
PS - And on this Thanksgiving, and all of them, I recall this quote from W.T. Purkiser: "Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
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By the way, when you are shopping for books or other items on Amazon, please login through
AmazonSmile here
. If you do so, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your purchases to the Free State Foundation. We know that it is a small donation, but every little bit helps to support our work!
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