Reparations? We tried that already. But where has $22 trillion in Great Society transfer-payments gotten us?

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January 24, 2023 • Weekly Newsletter
Reckless Reparations Reckoning ([link removed])
Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
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Reparations? We tried that already. But where has $22 trillion in Great Society transfer-payments gotten us? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Readings on Race and Civil Rights ([link removed])
By Williamson M. Evers
It’s Time to Put a Brake on the Debt-Ceiling Charade ([link removed])
Steve H. Hanke, Barry W. Paulson (National Review)
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U.S. federal debt held by the public as a share of GDP increased to 98 percent in 2022 and will increase to 185 percent by 2052. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Thanks to its “debt brake,” one country has seen its debt as a percentage of GDP drop to an unbelievable 18.7 percent. If Switzerland can do it, why can’t we? READ MORE » ([link removed])
FutureEconomic Peril or Prosperity? ([link removed])
Edited by Robert M. Whaples et al.
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Texas Conservatives Should Not Support Banning Land Sales to Foreigners ([link removed])
Benjamin Powell (Dallas Morning News)
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Up before the Texas legislature: a bill that would ban Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, and Russian individuals and entities from owning land in the state. Republicans who value property rights should not support the bill, which won’t make us safer but will undermine the American system of free enterprise. READ MORE » ([link removed])
Liberty in PerilDemocracy and Power in American History ([link removed])
By Randall G. Holcombe
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South Carolina Lawmakers Bear Responsibility for Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling ([link removed])
William J. Watkins, Jr. (FitsNews)
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If the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, marks the beginning of a New Federalism (it does), the states now need to rethink the way judges are selected, as red-state South Carolina is learning the hard way. READ MORE » ([link removed])
Crossroads for LibertyRecovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution ([link removed])
By William J. Watkins, Jr.
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Jay Bhattacharya Interview: How Science Was Politicized at Stanford During the Pandemic | Independent Truths With Dr. Scott Atlas, Ep. 2 ([link removed])
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A voice of reason during the COVID pandemic, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Health Policy and Economics at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, now strives to restore trust and ethics in science and public health. Can it be done? Hear his fascinating interview with Dr. Scott Atlas. READ MORE » ([link removed])
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