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** FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020
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The greatest security a person can have comes from within himself, not from the outside. Nothing anyone can do for you can begin to match what you can do for yourself.
– Samuel Goldwyn


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 6, 2020
Social Security Insults the Young ([link removed])
Contrary to popular opinion, especially among seniors, Social Security is not a retirement program. There is no fund into which people have been contributing their money. Instead, from the very beginning Social Security has been nothing more than a welfare program, one in which the federal government taxes younger people and gives the money to seniors. The question, of course, is: Why? Why do we ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
The Future of Freedom Foundation
PROPERTY RIGHTS
Eminent Domain Isn’t the Solution to L.A.’s Housing Crisis ([link removed])
by Ken Walsh and Chris Broadhurst
Los Angeles Times
FISCAL POLICY
State of the Union: No, Nick, Your Children Owe Nothing ([link removed])
by Thomas L. Knapp
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PRESIDENCY
Can’t Remove the President from Power? Do the Reverse: Remove Power from the President ([link removed])
by Matt Welch
Los Angeles Times
DEMOCRACY
Why Democracy Doesn’t Give Us What We Want ([link removed])
by Gary Galles
Mises Institute
FOREIGN POLICY
Trump’s State Of The Union – ‘America First’ or Neocon Foreign Policy? (video) ([link removed])
by Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams
Ron Paul Liberty Report
REGULATION
It’s Time for Maryland to Stop Criminalizing Kids’ Lemonade Stands ([link removed])
by Rachel Greszler
Washington Post
POLITICS
How Can America Play Kingmaker in Venezuela When It Can’t Be Trusted to Conduct a Caucus in Iowa? ([link removed])
by Robert Bridge
Strategic Culture Foundation
FREE TRADE
How the Repeal of the Corn Laws Toppled Mercantilism ([link removed])
by Maria Chaplia
Libertarianism.org
SOCIALISM
Africa’s Socialism Is Keeping it Poor ([link removed])
by Germinal G. Van
Mises Institute


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