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Saturday, July 28, 2007
OCON in the News
By Diana Hsieh @ 9:02 AM PermaLink

Ari and Linn Armstrong published a column in the Grand Junction Free Press about the then-upcoming OCON two weeks ago: Happy birthday, Atlas Shrugged. Also, Ari has altered his "Liberty and Prosperity Challenge" in ways that might of be interest:
As many of you have read, in response to calls to increase tax spending on food stamps, my wife and I proposed the six-month "Serious Food Economy Challenge," during which my wife and I were prepared to spend no more than $3 per person per day on food. However, for every dollar we came in under budget, advocates of higher food-stamp spending had to donate $10 to our nonprofit of choice. The minimum amount to activate the challenge was $2,000. Unfortunately, only two people responded, pledging $200 combined.

But now there's a new challenge: The Liberty and Prosperity Challenge.

During "The Liberty and Prosperity Challenge," scheduled for the entire month of August, my wife and I will spend no more than $180 jointly on food, or less than $3 per person per day. We will donate every dollar we save out of that budget to the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI). Others may participate in the challenge by agreeing to donate the same amount of money either to ARI or to the nonprofit of their choice.

So you can participate by agreeing to donate one dollar to a nonprofit of your choice for every dollar we come in under budget. You can also send me 200 words promoting your nonprofit of choice, which I will publish with the article. Finally, you can help promote the challenge.
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