How Government Destroys Private Wealth
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Through regulations, taxation, inflation of the money supply, trade restrictions, and tethers on private associations, government is nothing but a massive drain on prosperity. The situation has become deeply dangerous for the future of freedom in this country. We are living under so many regulations it is nearly as egregious as a Soviet-style central plan. 24 January 2011, Houston, TX.