Friend,

You likely receive 10+ emails a day from politicians asking for money, promising to solve all your problems, and telling you the sky is falling…

This is NOT one of those emails.

I’m sending you a personal follow up about my message for the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)… I haven’t heard back from you and I’m worried you’re either ignoring me or worse, you’re giving up on our fight for liberty.

This is one of the last times I’ll try reaching you about this.

I connected with Zilvinas Silenas (he lets me call him “Z” for short), the President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), and made him a BIG promise.

Before I tell you what I promised Z, let me tell you his story about growing up under the Soviet Union and how he’s fighting for liberty:

Z was born in Lithuania and lived under the rule of the evil Soviet Union.

He grew up in poverty, without rights to free speech or economic liberties, and remembers listening to state-sponsored radio. His family knew the media was simply a propaganda machine for the Communist regime.

He has since moved to the United States and dedicated his life’s work to fighting for liberty, free market capitalism, and defeating socialism.

I’m proud to call Z my friend and support the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).

FEE is educating both high school and college students about the true principles of free markets, entrepreneurship, individual liberties, and personal responsibility. Their flagship program, “FEE In the Classroom” is teaching students these important lessons and values in order to save our Republic from socialism.

Here is the promise I gave Z:

I promised to help raise $25,000 from my personal supporters for FEE’s mission to educate high school students about liberty and free markets. Please click here to donate $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $10, or any amount you can send today.

When I gave Z my word he nearly fainted and dropped his phone in shock.

You see, this is personal for him.

Can you imagine growing up under the rule of the Soviet Union? Z has personally witnessed the destruction of socialism and has vowed to defeat it in the United States.

I believe he can.

But he needs your help.

The Foundation for Economic Education has served as America’s top free-market educator. In fact, President Ronald Reagan read FEE’s materials and some of the greatest economists in our country’s history have worked for FEE: Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, Ludwig Von Mises and more.

Here’s an ugly truth for you, Friend… Politicians will not save us.

Trust me, I see them at work every day.

The reality is, we must change the culture and educate the next generation about the principles of liberty and free enterprise. That’s why I am asking you to donate to the Foundation for Economic Education:

This is personal for my wife Kelli and I as well.

Watching our kids grow up, it was always my desire to pass on my love for America, my passion for liberty, and belief in free markets to my children.

You and I must invest in the next generation of young leaders and teach them about the values and ideas we care so deeply about.

Can I count on you? Will you reply to this email by making a donation?

I told Z I would help FEE raise $25,000 in the next 72 hours. He is counting on me to fulfill that promise.

Which is why I am asking my top online supporters to make a donation.

Please click here to donate $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $10 or any amount.

Your support means a lot to both Z and myself.

Let’s build the next generation of pro-liberty leaders and spread our message of limited government, free enterprise, and economic liberty.

Thank you,

Rand Paul, M.D., U.S. Senator