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** TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020
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The worst of this ever growing cancer of Statism is its moral effect. The country is rich enough to stand its frightful economic wastage for a long time yet, and still prosper, but it is already so poverty-stricken in its moral resources that the present drain will quickly run them out.
– Albert Jay Nock, Journal of Forgotten Days [1934]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 4, 2020
Ignoring the Constitution ([link removed])
Constitutional violations have become so commonplace in American life that when they occur, the reaction among many Americans is ho-hum. There are two classic examples of this phenomenon: the declaration of war requirement and gold and silver as legal tender. Article 1, Section 8, enumerates the powers of Congress. It states in part: “Congress shall have Power ...
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