Since I have been highly critical of President-elect Barack Obama's choices for economic advisers, one anonymous commenter asks, "What would be the dream economic ticket for Obama if you don't approve of his picks?????"
Below, I have gone one better, not only have I named individuals for various economic posts, but also key personnel for other positions in the Barack Obama Administration. These advisers beyond doubt would make the Obama White House the most unique free market oriented White House in history. If you want to see the country free and the economy boom, put these people next to the president :
Chief of Staff: Lew Rockwell
Special Counsel to the President: Walter Block, Ron Paul, William Anderson, Ralph Raico , Gary North
Secretary of State: Justin Raimondo
Secretary of the Treasury: Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Secretary of Defense: Hans Hermann Hoppe
Attorney General: Mario Rizzo
Chairman of the Federal Reserve: Lawrence H. White
Director of Homeland Security: Jacob Hornberger
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Bill Sardi
National Security Agency: Naomi Wolf
IRS Commissioner: Irwin Schiff
SEC Commissioner: Karen DeCoster
Energy Secretary: Robert P. Murphy
Education Secretary: Linda Schrock Taylor
Transportation Secretary: Walter Block
Office of National Drug Control Policy: Walter Block
Environmental Protection Agency: George Reisman
Press Secretary: Ilana Mercer
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers: Israel Kirzner
Chairman National Economic Council: Richard Ebeling
Chairman Economic Recovery Advisory Board: Robert Higgs
Head Office of Management and Budget: Robert P. Murphy
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Roger Garrison
Other members of the Council of Economic Advisers:
Joseph Salerno
Peter Schiff
Doug French
George Reisman
Other members of the National Economic Council:
Paul Craig Roberts
Stefan Karlsson
Peter Boettke
Oceans & Atmosphere Administration: Gene Callahan
Head of Guantanamo: Jeffrey Tucker
Potential Supreme Court nominee James Ostrowski
Federal Election Commission: Hans Herman Hoppe
How about for National Security Adviser either Karen Kwiatkowski or William Lind?
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Thank you!! That would be a very impressive and unique ticket for Obama!
ReplyDeleteLooks great!
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought this post was clever and amusing, but by the end I was thinking, "Wow, he really had to put some effort into this!" (All the links.)
ReplyDeleteDo I get paid double since I would hold two posts?
Bob,
ReplyDeleteYou are head of OMB. You get to set your own salary.
These are pretty good, but I would've gone with Judge Napolitano as Supreme Court pick.
ReplyDeleteBlock is definitely a multitasking phenom, but the Drug Czar ought to be Paul Armentano.
ReplyDeleteJesús Huerta de Soto for Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
ReplyDeleteOr, Ron Paul.. eh
Jesús Huerta de Soto for Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
ReplyDeleteOr, Ron Paul.. eh
I thought you guys were killing that off?
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Good list. I would include a few more posts. 1. I would appoint Karen Kwiatkowski to fire all of Pentagon, Massad Ayub for preparing civilian militia training and myself for pointing out what else is wrong in the system and needs to be shut down.. STAT!
ReplyDeleteYour choice of Irwin Schiff for IRS Commissioner is classic!
ReplyDeleteAndrew Napolitano for Supreme Court Justice
ReplyDeleteAlso a good choice for BLS, John Williams
ReplyDeletei would not change a thing, except I would make Tom Woods SecDef
ReplyDeleteMaybe your list will be a good starting point (and ending point for these 'agencies') for Ron Paul to consider in 2012!
ReplyDeleteYes, Irwin Schiff as IRS commissioner would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteFor all our laughter, I can guarantee you that a federal government run by a lot of people on that list would not be looking at total meltdown right now! The USA might even be a free country! Oh, the humanity!
Let me add that the "Dream Team" would not bail out the New York Times.
ReplyDeleteI nominate David Ray Griffin for CIA Director.
ReplyDeleteFDA Commissioner: William Faloon
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2010/mar2010_How-Much-More-FDA-Abuse-Can-Americans-Tolerate_01.htm
This certainly is entertaining. However, in the spirit of limited government I would hope that many of the individuals would take their posts only long enough to call for the elimination of their respective departments.
ReplyDeleteI guess Irwin Schiff is Peter's father.....You'd need to pardon him first.... What a team.. i dont know who 80% of them are but based on what I do know, where do I sign.......
ReplyDeleteLysander Spooner for postmaster general--avoids those tricky public choice issues!
ReplyDeleteIvan Eland needs to be some sort of Foreign Policy advisor.
ReplyDeleteInclude Tommy Chong as head of the DEA and it would be perfect.
ReplyDelete- Erich von Freemason