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Theft, Thuggery, and the Gubmnt

Don Boudreaux says it very well:

I'm in the camp whose members ... hold that hiring the state to forcibly stop people from patronizing competitors at mutually agreeable prices is no different morally than hiring a street gang or your brother-in-law to do the same.

It's not just inefficient; it's immoral.

Category: Economics, Economics and Law, Gubmnt Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 12:46pm

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