Moran Report 2008: Economic Freedom & Prosperity Initiative
Report Advisors are Edwin Meese III [Former U.S. Attorney General], Ambassador J. William Middendorf II [Former Secretary of the Navy], and Grover Norquist [President, ATR].
"PEACE THROUGH PROSPERITY"
The Economic Freedom & Prosperity Initiative is a "Primary Foreign Policy Blueprint" for:
A Sound and Practical Initiative for America's Leaders
A Workable and Culturally Germane Initiative for Secretary Gates,
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, State Department [worldwide] and General Petraeus [Middle East]
A Viable and Comprehensive Initiative for emulation by United Nation Entities - providing connectivity between U.S. and U.N.
This is a cohesive Economic Freedom & Prosperity [EF&P] Initiative which has been strategically and tactically designed to support General Petraeus' efforts in the Middle East; and to mark a distinct difference in our foreign policy strategic operations with important EGIONAL Sustainable Development Programs, Projects, and Indigenous REGIONAL Security Initiatives.
Accordingly, The Initiative has been constructed to ignite a collaborative effort with a sound, practical and a culturally germane program with the United Nations.
POINT 1: FREE MARKETS BASIS FOR ECONOMIC FREEDOM & PROSPERITY
FOUR POSITIVE FORCES OF FREE MARKETS: Four "highly evolved" components of the "free market place synergy" are at work with Economic Freedom and Prosperity. The components are economic and financial metrics [sound conditions, measures and goalposts] which should be fully embraced and advanced by the U.S. Foreign Affairs Corps to bring Peace Through Prosperity.
Once initiated, the conditions can be further advanced by the United Nations.
1) The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal: Index of Economic Freedom.
2) Property Rights Alliance: International Property Rights Index.
3) Institute For Liberty and Democracy's Property Rights Reform Program.
4) 12 Living Elements Of A Civil Opportunity Society.
ORDINARY PEOPLE BENEFIT:
These metrics applied by nations are used as barometers to create conditions, benchmarks and goalposts to help ordinary citizens thrive. Likewise, ordinary people, local leaders, associations and their representatives check and balance their government where their actions as citizens provide for opening up local, regional, national and international markets. By strong sound citizen advocacy and effort, proper and fitting Economic Freedom and Prosperity Initiatives evolve into a formative government policy.
Most importantly, to succeed in the "War on Terror" and the "War of Ideas" to reduce the incidence of violence abroad, American strategists must work with societies to create conditions where individual liberty, freedom and sovereignty reign and self-respect is a reality.
These conditions diminish and eventually eliminate rule by corruption and violence. "Local participation in government" is not enough when ordinary people lack sufficient economic independence to stand up and turn out insurgents, terrorists, tyrants and bullies.
"Government economic programs" are not enough, if controlled by entrenched power groups who use public assets to cause the people to heel. Insurgencies spring from disaffected youth who crave personal recognition and a place of their own in the sun, and will align themselves with manipulative charismatic ideologues who promise them this recognition. Fortunately, Americans have years of experience in spreading individual liberty and freedom in transformational societies, so that the results bring forth transparency, government accountability and Peace through Prosperity.
POINT 2: REFORM IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT: Action Plan For Reorientation Of The State Department and U.S. Foreign Affairs:
THE EF&P INITIATIVE addresses the endemic problems which exist in the State Department and with the U.S. Foreign Affairs agencies -- government wide. This Reorientation of State is covered with: 1) an "Economic Freedom & Prosperity Action Plan" and 2) "REGIONAL Sustainable Development Programs and The HELP Commission Analysis." Reorientation includes provision for the 4 R's [Reeducating, Retasking, Reorienting & Retooling] of The State Department. The Congressionally mandated HELP Commission 2007 report, itself, calls for the reorganization of the State Department, but falls far short in its recommendations to correct inherent bureaucratic systemic problems.
THE REPORT calls for understanding and applying "REGIONAL" stewardship which undergird the Economic Freedom Initiative for "Peace Through Prosperity." The Initiative runs in line with the visions of our Founding Fathers in correctly addressing the pressing problems they faced with a despotic foreign ruling aristocracy which plundered and abused the American colonists.
Bruce Moran and Frances Brigham Johnson are Co-Chairs of Strategic Planning Initiatives [SPI] a Chicago / D.C. based [Think Tank] consulting group. SPI actively works with the Executive Branch, on the Hill, and with various Think Tanks addressing urgent and critical matters of National Security.
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