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** THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
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The history of our tax code, in economic terms, mirrors the course of most addictions: advancing dependence, diminished returns, and deteriorating health of the afflicted.
– The New York Times, editorial opposing the very first income tax [1909]


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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April 30, 2020
Killing Non-Violent Drug Offenders ([link removed])
It is bad enough that federal and state officials have been punishing people for decades for possessing and distributing drugs. In a genuinely free society, people have the right to possess, ingest, and distribute anything they want. It’s not a coincidence that North Korea, China, Egypt, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Cuba have criminalized the possession and distribution of drugs, just like the United ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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TAXATION
Why Do We Need an Income Tax? ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
and Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Why Did Police Kill Duncan Lemp? (audio) ([link removed])
by James Bovard with Tim Roten
JimBovard.com
FOREIGN POLICY
Will Coronavirus Kill – Or Embolden – Neocon Foreign Policy? (video) ([link removed])
by Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams
Ron Paul Institute
A Pandemic-Prompted Reset to U.S. Foreign Policy ([link removed])
by Bonnie Kristian
Town Hall
It Took COVID To Expose The Fraud Of ‘American Exceptionalism’ ([link removed])
by Daniel Larison
American Conservative
THE FREE SOCIETY
Donald J. Trump: Patient Zero of Lockdown Nation's Covid Hysteria, Part 1 ([link removed])
by David Stockman
The Future of Freedom Foundation
In COVID-19 America, Freedom Is a Privilege Subject to Government Permission Slips ([link removed])
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
United States Needs Freedom, Not Fascism ([link removed])
by Benjamin Powell
AIER
Year One, Then and Now ([link removed])
by Corbin K. Barthold
Law & Liberty
How Louisiana Reopened After Hurricane Katrina ([link removed])
by Emily Chamlee-Wright
Wall Street Journal


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