to override their decisions. >> host: besides president biden that was quite complementary of milton freedmand he fit in today's gop in your view? >> guest: that's a very good question. freedman had a very unusual constellation of views. he was not a social conservative he thought abortion should be legal. he was for gate rates he was for drug legalization. those are not typically positions one would associate with the republican party today. on the other hand he very much thought government could be an efficient and it was important for government to spend less and to do less. so, i think those positions are less common in the republican party today. it is hard to know where exactly he would stand on the spectrum at this point in time. but i would say i very much agree with the caller who said one that can disagree with freedman's view and he himself changed his views over his lifetime. he emphasized importance of discussion and debates. but i don't think you can question where he was coming from in the sense he really was trying to increase human freedom. capitalism and freedom, free to cho