• "Well written, well researched, and the thesis put forth is well argued.... Woods has opened up an area of historical analysis that should invite further study."
    -Journal of American History

  • "During these times that challenge our freedoms there is no one more qualified to make U.S. history relevant to the fight against big government than Thomas Woods."
    -Barry Goldwater Jr.
    Former Member of Congress

  • "I strongly recommend Woods's work."
    -The Honorable Ron Paul,
    U.S. House of Representatives

  • "Written with great clarity and fluency, making the complex philosophical and theological concepts approachable."
    -Journal of American Studies

  • "A must-read."
    -Barron's

  • "An excellent reading source for anyone interested in financial markets, and much more so for anyone interested in learning about capitalism without all the misinterpretations being thrown about in the financial media."
    -Asia Times

  • "Provocative, well-written, and deserves to be read."
    -Catholic Historical Review

  • "An engaging and important contribution to scholarship on the history of American Catholicism."
    -Journal of the Historical Society

  • "Woods and [co-author Kevin] Gutzman appeal to both left and right in this constitutionalist jeremiad…. The authors' exegeses of the Constitution and court decisions, heavy on original intent arguments, are lucid and telling."
    -Publishers Weekly

  • "A marvelous read. Every chapter taught me something new and unexpected."
    -Tom Bethell, senior editor,
    The American Spectator

  • "The hottest book today is Meltdown, by my friend Tom Woods."
    -Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst,
    FOX News Channel

  • "Should be required reading."
    -Economic Affairs (London)

  • "Woods, one of the best classical liberal [libertarian] scholars of his generation, has once more placed us in his debt with this lucid and tightly argued book."
    -David Gordon, The Mises Review

  • "Tom Woods is one of my dearest allies in the struggle against wrong-headed and dangerous economic policy."
    -Peter Schiff

Labor Leaders: Pointless Work Fine With Us

Courtesy of the Tea Party Economist, here’s a video in which two guys make perfectly clear that the jobs they want to create, and for which they seek public funding, involve digging holes and filling them back in again. The labor leaders they catch on tape have absolutely no problem with this.

Unlearn the Propaganda!

  • timbercruiser

    That was wonderful!

  • George

    I wonder of they rubbed those kids out yet:(

  • vox

    For voluntary payment of $50 an hour, I’ll help protect these funny shovel guys from the backlash. Ha. Nothing is better than laughing at the state, even though it is such serious business.

  • Tom D. Woods

    Watch out for those holes, Tom. I would never want to see a muddy stain on such a fine looking face as yours. Checkmate!

  • woodycudsbucket

    For $50 an hour, I’ll help you help you’re own self initiated project of protecting shovels from muddy grass and global warming from frigid zombies, even though that’s extremely serious business. It brings to mind the attack on the Order of Preachers during the Middle ages who were bemoaned for not maintaining their keep, so to speak, by following the Benedictine Rule of manual labor. Instead, study was substituted for manual labor and rightly so, for study and contemplation are the highest virtues of man in the pursuit of truth which is the essential O.P. vocation. This country was founded on virtue and as such depends upon those particular virtues in the highest degree. Away with shovels and mud, away. Veritas!
    P.S. Checkmate Woody T.

  • http://bastiatscorner.blogspot.com/ Daniel

    It’s all about jobs, jobs, jobs! I think these guys have found the key to real prosperity here.

  • Anonymous

    The labor cartel thugs in this video are hilarious caricatures of union goomba’s. I wonder if they know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried? Anyway, James O’Keefe is very clever at exposing the lefty insanity. He’s a national treasure just for exposing ACORN.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001834488264 Nola Legalmvp

    Yeah, James O’Keefe edited this once again. Here’s the actual video. James is a fraud. How many times must he edit to manipulate his videos before people stop wasting time on him?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqSdj-zcxng&feature=share

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