An inquisition into every man’s private circumstances, and an inquisition which, in order to accommodate the tax to them, watched over all the fluctuations of his fortune, would be a source of such continual and endless vexation as no people could support.
– Adam Smith,
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [1776] |
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November 3, 2023
The Futility and Destructiveness of the Drug War
The U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Louisiana just sent out a press release reporting that a New Orlean federal judge has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Derek Nolan, to 15 years in a federal penitentiary for drug-related crimes. The press release states: “This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of … |
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