Our basic freedom is important, and we ought to be left alone, and part of that is freedom to trade with people.

And generally, that brings good things.

Hey, hey, and welcome to the Sunday special we have on as our guest this week, John Stossel.

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and now you're seen as both a reporter and sort of a libertarian commentator. How did you come to your political viewpoint, and how did your career progress in this direction?

I graduated college, and like a lot of young people, I thought capitalism was okay. It brings

us some stuff, but it's cruel and unfair.

And I went to every job interview I could, and the longest free trip was to Portland, Oregon,

where I ended up in a TV newsroom. I'd never watched TV news. I got my worst grades in English.

I was just taking a year off before going to grad school and

hospital management. I thought if I worked, I would learn to appreciate school more. The opposite

happened. I appreciate work more because you don't feel guilty about not having done all the reading

and they pay you. And so I kept working in the newsroom. I never intended to go in the air.

I'm a stutterer, but they pushed me, and I eventually overcame the stuttering.

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