Steve Forbes Visits Oklahoma

While in town to fundraise for US Senator James Inhofe, Steve Forbes stopped by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs to address some of Oklahoma's brightest.  

Forbes focussed on how to stabilize the dollar and shared his thoughts on why we will are on the cusp of entering another period of economic growth in the United States.  He also spoke momentarily on the way innovations leads to legislation.

According to Forbes there are three things that the president, current or future, should do to stabilize the dollar.  One is to announce the intentions of stabilization which in turn would hedge the speculative investors.  Two something about treasury bonds that would take actual currency out of the market increasing value.  Three, well at this point I was starting to think about how this has got to be the smartest man I have ever sat in a room with and was staring at him with such awestruck that I am sure his security guard started to pay close attention to me.

Mr. Forbes has to be the most personable person of stature I have ever met.  He took time to go around the room and spend time with everyone there.  This has also got to be the first time I have ever been awestruck by any one person, other than my beautiful wife.  

It is people like him that should be elected to offices that help lead this country.  It is too often that the person with the least amount of intelligence but the largest bank account gets elected to serve in public office at all levels of government.  Smart people are an ever increasing commodity in politics.  It seems the days of statesmen are few and far between and the days of the politician are firmly afoot.  

At least the famed Mr. Smith got to go to Washington D.C..  Nowadays I am afraid to say that Mr. Smith would get swept under the rug and quickly attacked for being an insane idealist that does not understand what it means to "go along to get along."  

The picture above was taken at the OCPA event with US Senator Jim Inhofe and Steve Forbes.  Pictured with Mr. Forbes is Marilyn Davidson Marketing and Communications Manager for OCPA.