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“The Steamboat Institute’s mission is to educate the public on the Founding Principles of the United States, and to inspire people to be actively involved in  their implementation.”

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The Steamboat Institute

Sixth Annual Freedom Conference

August 22-23, 2014

The Steamboat Grand

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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 The Steamboat Institute 5th Annual Freedom Conference

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The genius of America is in its people.  To paraphrase Adam Smith, the proper roles of government are to protect us from foreign threats, to administer justice internally, protecting us from the criminal acts of other persons and to undertake projects for the common good, like highway construction, with is impractical for the private sector.

Taxes suck the vitality from a healthy economy.  America is great because of its people, not because of its government.  If government is allowed to excessively drain the resources of the people, the enterprise, creativity and resourcefulness of the people is limited.

Free market capitalism is an essential element of a free society. The alternative is command and control by the government–an entity quite ill-suited to make business and economic decisions that will have a profound effect on us all. History is our proof. Where markets have been most free, standards of living have been highest and prosperity greatest. Where there is greater command and control, like Eastern Europe before the fall of the iron curtain, the people have suffered.

At the Steamboat Institute, we are Defenders of Capitalism!

Appeasement is not a viable foreign policy.  As George Washington taught us over 200 years ago, nations act in their own self interest.  Weakness can and will be exploited.  Among the proper roles of government is protection from foreign threats.  We can only have peace through strength.

Freedom is not free.  It is paid for every day, not just by vigilant citizens, but by our brave men and women in uniform.  They deserve our undying gratitude, support, and respect.

Individual Liberty is the cornerstone of The Steamboat Institute.  Only through the exercise of Liberty can the individual and society, as a whole, recognize their full potential and greatness.  Liberty can survive only where the reach of government is limited, and this requires our vigilance.  Left to its own devices, the power of government will expand unchecked, eroding our Liberty daily.

But with Freedom comes responsibility.  We are all responsible for our actions and their effects on others.  We must exercise self-governance to avoid surrendering our Liberty to others.