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Roger Lea MacBride
66 books113 followersMacBride called himself "the adopted grandson" of writer and political theorist Rose Wilder Lane, the daughter of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, and as such laid claim to the substantial Ingalls-Wilder's literary estate, including the "Little House on the Prairie" franchise. He is the author of record of three additional "Little House" books, and began the "Rocky Ridge Years" series, describing the Ozark childhood of Rose Wilder Lane. He also co-produced the 1970s television series Little House on the Prairie.
Controversy came after MacBride's death in 1995, when the local library in Mansfield, Missouri, contended that Wilder's original will gave her daughter ownership of the literary estate for her lifetime only, all rights to revert to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Library after her death. The ensuing court case was settled in an undisclosed manner, but MacBride's heirs retained the rights.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ma...
Controversy came after MacBride's death in 1995, when the local library in Mansfield, Missouri, contended that Wilder's original will gave her daughter ownership of the literary estate for her lifetime only, all rights to revert to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Library after her death. The ensuing court case was settled in an undisclosed manner, but MacBride's heirs retained the rights.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ma...
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July 11, 2024
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO LIBERTARIANISM
Roger Lea MacBride (1929-1995) was an American lawyer, political figure, and television producer. He was also the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1976 election. (He also achieved a measure of notoriety in 1972 when, as a Republican elector, he cast his vote for the Libertarian Party candidates, John Hospers and Theodora Nathan, making Nathan the first female to receive a vote in the Electoral College.)
This 1976 book was MacBride's "campaign book" for the 1976 contest. In a heartfelt Introduction, he dedicated the book to Rose Wilder Lane, author of The Discovery of Freedom (American Heritage Library Edition).
The six chapters (Emergence of the American Superstate; The American Economy; Politicizing America; Foreign Policy; The Overreach of the Criminal Law; and A New Dawn) of this short book make a succinct introduction to Libertarianism.
He is concerned to distinguish his positions from those of Republicans AND Democrats; for example, he argues that rising prices are caused neither by "greedy" businessmen or "greedy labor unions," since "all these groups are severely limited in the amount they can spend or charge in prices... the chief factor .... is determined by how much money exists in the economy." (Pg. 24)
He argues that, "pending the repeal of all taxes on income and capital gains," we should remove "inequities" such as the corporate income tax (which "imposes a double tax on stockholders who also pay on their dividend"), and the fact that rising inflation may put a person into a higher tax bracket. (Pg. 32-33)
Of course, MacBride was clearly no "prophet"; he wrote, for example, that "in the mid-1970s the Republican party is in its death throes... The party stands for nothing and is finished. And now the dynamic new Libertarian Party is arising with the likelihood of accomplishing what the Republicans did in their natal decade." (Pg. 96)
[MacBride received only 0.21% of the popular vote in the 1976 election, by the way; and the Republican Party is obviously doing much better than the Libertarian Party.]
Roger Lea MacBride (1929-1995) was an American lawyer, political figure, and television producer. He was also the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1976 election. (He also achieved a measure of notoriety in 1972 when, as a Republican elector, he cast his vote for the Libertarian Party candidates, John Hospers and Theodora Nathan, making Nathan the first female to receive a vote in the Electoral College.)
This 1976 book was MacBride's "campaign book" for the 1976 contest. In a heartfelt Introduction, he dedicated the book to Rose Wilder Lane, author of The Discovery of Freedom (American Heritage Library Edition).
The six chapters (Emergence of the American Superstate; The American Economy; Politicizing America; Foreign Policy; The Overreach of the Criminal Law; and A New Dawn) of this short book make a succinct introduction to Libertarianism.
He is concerned to distinguish his positions from those of Republicans AND Democrats; for example, he argues that rising prices are caused neither by "greedy" businessmen or "greedy labor unions," since "all these groups are severely limited in the amount they can spend or charge in prices... the chief factor .... is determined by how much money exists in the economy." (Pg. 24)
He argues that, "pending the repeal of all taxes on income and capital gains," we should remove "inequities" such as the corporate income tax (which "imposes a double tax on stockholders who also pay on their dividend"), and the fact that rising inflation may put a person into a higher tax bracket. (Pg. 32-33)
Of course, MacBride was clearly no "prophet"; he wrote, for example, that "in the mid-1970s the Republican party is in its death throes... The party stands for nothing and is finished. And now the dynamic new Libertarian Party is arising with the likelihood of accomplishing what the Republicans did in their natal decade." (Pg. 96)
[MacBride received only 0.21% of the popular vote in the 1976 election, by the way; and the Republican Party is obviously doing much better than the Libertarian Party.]
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