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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits, without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
 
James Madison, Federalist No. 48 [1788]

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September 6, 2022
Pity the Socialists in Minnesota
One can’t help but feel sorry for socialists who live in Minnesota. The reason? They are getting terribly embarrassed by the wage situation in that state. Socialists have long claimed that a minimum wage is necessary to protect workers from greedy, profit-seeking employers. Without a state-managed minimum wage, the argument goes, exploitive employers would pay workers only subsistence wages and possibly even less.
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