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** MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020
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When Barbary Pirates demand a fee for allowing you to do business, it's called 'tribute money'. When the Mafia demands a fee for allowing you to do business, it's called 'the protection racket'. When the State demands a fee for allowing you to do business, it's called 'sales tax'.
– Jeff Daiell


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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March 9, 2020
Get Rid of the Safety Net ([link removed])
Central to the idea of a welfare state is the notion of the “safety net.” The idea is that a free society is much like walking the high wire. Highwire walkers sometimes fall, hit the ground, and die. But not if they have safety net. If they fall, they fall into the safety net and live another day. The free society, it is said, operates ...
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The Future of Freedom Foundation
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Ending the Myth That Trump Is Ending the Wars ([link removed])
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C.R.E.A.M.: America’s Real Drug Dealers Work in the Military-Industrial Complex ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
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MONETARY POLICY
Central Banking Is Socialism ([link removed])
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute
REGULATION
National Housing Controls Would Shrink Supply of Affordable Housing ([link removed])
by Joel Griffith
Washington Times
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Baltimore’s $210 Million Strip Search Lawsuit (audio) ([link removed])
by Steven Silverman
with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
THE FREE SOCIETY
We All Need to Change How We Live Our Lives to Fight this Generation of Pandemics ([link removed])
by Matt Ridley
The Rational Optimist
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Why Jeff Bezos and Billionaires Should Exist ([link removed])
by James Pethokoukis
American Enterprise Institute


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