Posted on 09/19/2025 4:11:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In 2012, I read an article on Breitbart.com that called out liberal bias in the teaching of economics. The author pointed to “distortions” in a high school textbook co-authored by Paul Krugman that dismissed the thinking of supply-side economists. It denied that the tax reduction they helped bring about during the Reagan administration had any effect on economic growth—despite government data showing exactly the opposite: a dramatic surge in job creation and a marked decline in unemployment.
The author declared, “If a student were to submit an essay with such disregard for basic evidence, it would ensure a failing grade.” He concluded, “Students are being pushed towards an education that demonizes free enterprise while advocating top-down government, deficit spending and class warfare.”
The piece featured references to iconic supply siders Robert Mundell and Arthur Laffer, among other respected sources. Its authoritative critique was worthy of a seasoned policy analyst. Yet the author was an unknown named Charlie Kirk, then just a senior in high school.
I reached out to congratulate Charlie and sent him How Capitalism Will Save Us, the book I had recently co-authored with Steve Forbes that was aimed at a wide audience including younger readers. The correspondence eventually led to meetings in New York with Charlie and Bill Montgomery, the retired publisher and restauranteur who was Charlie’s early mentor and backer. At one point, I introduced them to Steve Forbes, who provided encouragement over a steakhouse lunch.
It was clear immediately that Charlie was no ordinary 18-year-old. The writer of the Breitbart article had a maturity beyond his years. He was passionate, eloquent and, at 6 foot 5, a compelling physical presence.
Charlie had co-founded a group—then called SOS Liberty—to counter the anti-capitalism student protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement. I thought the story of...
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Capable leaders like Charlie are exceedingly rare in just about any society.
I still think most people do not fully connect with just how profound of a loss Kirk’s passing truly is.
Charlie was one in a BILLION or MORE!! He was TRULY a GOOD MAN!
Charlie’s dad was an architect based in Chicago and his firm worked on Trump Tower NYC. found out earlier this week.
Charlie was a Master Builder...
...and his detractors are master baiters.
We lost a future president....
Master Builder... Which brings to mind Freemasonry.
The one group that has kept this world on a steady course of normalcy in a world that is full of turmoil. Charlie understood that openly confronting evil head on was a mission worth giving his life for. When you expose evil openly... They have nowhere to hide.
And Democrats like AOC do nothing except lie about him in order to justify their hatred.
So true. There won’t be another like him in our life or ever. Very impressive young man and there now is a huge void in our movement. Tests why the assassinated.
So true. There won’t be another like him in our life or ever. Very impressive young man and there now is a huge void in our movement. Tests why the assassinated.
So true. There won’t be another like him in our life or ever. Very impressive young man and there now is a huge void in our movement. Tests why the assassinated.
Yes. They were trying to kill the future.
Charlie was a Master-D-Bater.
He did a spoof video on this after Southpark did a spoof on Charlie.
Here is a news clip on Charlie being a master D bater.
https://youtu.be/gTSnbt72OjQ?si=Hl4CjxBs7DuwRLY-
IMO-—CHARLIE WAS ONE PERSON IN 1000 YEARS.
HE WAS VERY UNIQUE
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