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John Stossel

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Give me a break.
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A thousand restaurants close every month. They re-open, and that’s good for America. Nobody’s rescuing them. They employ people, too. If we let them go bankrupt, the factories don’t go away, the creative people don’t go away. They get employed more productively by others.
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Madoff’s scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare.
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Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions.
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Isn’t allowing people a choice what America is all about?
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Patrick Henry did not say, ‘Give me absolutely safety or give me death.’ America is supposed to be about freedom.
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A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning – which is the art of creating an illusion – and that puts hundreds of billions of coerced taxpayer dollars at the disposal of the winners will tend to attract men and women with a comparative advantage in manipulation.
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Take away the government’s monopoly, and private groups will do it better.
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I’m a libertarian. It’s a terrible word.
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Donald Trump was offended when I called him a bully for trying to force an old lady out of her house to make more room for his Atlantic City casino. After the interview, the producer stayed behind to pack up our equipment. Trump came back into the room, puffed himself up, and started blustering, “Nobody talks to me that way!” Well, someone should.
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