Mike Foudy is a longtime radio talk show host with deep roots in the libertarian movement.

With Michelle Lexalt, he hosted the daily Newsmaker show on the United Broadcasting Network's 119 affiliates. He also hosted a business show on the Talk America Radio Network, and the syndicated America The Beautiful show on the ATB network.

However, Foudy may have had the most libertarian impact as a member of several advocacy groups. For example, he is the executive director of For Our Grandchildren (FOG), a Social Security reform group that lobbies for privately owned retirement accounts.

On Social Security, Foudy wrote: "There is a better way. Many other countries including Great Britain, Australia, Mexico, and Chile have allowed their residents to opt out of bankrupt Social Security systems just like ours and put their payroll taxes into personal accounts... Nobody has lost their benefits. But, those with personal accounts have done substantially better than they would have under the old system. Why can't we have the option to make this choice?" (FOG Weblog, December 12, 2003)

Foudy is a member of the board of directors of The Democracy Foundation, which works to create a national initiative system. He also served on the Foundation for American Liberty and The Initiative and Referendum Institute.

In 1992, Foudy wrote Reinventing America: The Common Sense Domestic Agenda for the 90's, which was published by the Institute for American Democracy. In 1998, he was chairman of the Eris Society, a Colorado-based "group of free thinkers" who discuss the arts, science, philosophy, politics, and theology from a generally libertarian perspective.

In 1996, Foudy threw his support behind Libertarian Harry Browne's campaign for president. Foudy was one of more than 100 radio talk show hosts who called for Browne's inclusion in the presidential debates. He also broadcast live from the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC that year, and interviewed Browne and vice presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen.

-- Bill Winter

Quotable

"Many other countries ... have allowed their residents to opt out of bankrupt Social Security systems just like ours and put their payroll taxes into personal accounts. Why can't we have the option to make this choice?" -- Mike Foudy on the For Our Grandchildren Weblog (December 12, 2003)

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