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April 16, 2007

Quote Of The Day: Welfare State Edition

by Doug Mataconis

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money. — Alexis de Tocqueville

I found this to be particularly appropriate given what I discuss in this post.

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