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The Stronger the Government, the Weaker the Nation

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Nearly every reform proposal offered to fix “the health-care crisis” calls for increased governmental control of medicine. These proposals are the logical result of the belief that there is a “right” to medical care. But there is no such right. Rights, properly understood, do not include an entitlement to the services of others.
– William Dale, “Free Medicine” [1994]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
February 13, 2024
The Stronger the Government, the Weaker the Nation
For all of our lives, it has been the aim of most Americans to make the federal government stronger, especially with respect to the warfare state. The principal justification for an ever more powerful government is that it keeps the American people safe from the likes of terrorists, drug dealers, communists, illegal immigrants, Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans, and Muslims. Moreover, it is …
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