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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that, if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too.

William Somerset Maugham, Strictly Personal [1941]

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

April 2, 2020
Will 401(k)s Be Nationalized?
Amidst all the glee over Congress’s $2 trillion “stimulus” package, an important and relevant question naturally arises: Will the federal government end up nationalizing and confiscating people’s retirement accounts to pay for the ever-burgeoning expenses of the welfare-warfare state way of life? Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the federal government was spending $1 trillion more than what it was bringing ...
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What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism?
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
CORPORATISM
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NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
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