Let's make this birthday one to remember.

85 years old (Born on November 29, 1939)

Happy Birthday, George—our favorite New York-born wordsmith who brilliantly made prosperity poetic and poverty passé! Your groundbreaking bestseller "Wealth and Poverty" didn't just top charts; it transformed dinner parties into spirited economics debates. Only you could make Republicans giggle while reading about supply-side theory.

And here's to your visionary leadership with the Discovery Institute, proving that innovation is timeless. Like a fine wine—or perhaps better yet—a beautifully reasoned economic treatise, you're only improving with age. Cheers to another year of thought-provoking brilliance (and hopefully fewer debates at family dinners). May your wit stay sharp and royalties plentiful!