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President Trump’s Militarization of the Border

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The more the government is asked to intervene on behalf of some persons and groups at the expense of others, the more difficult it is for anyone to compete in the open market to serve himself by peacefully serving others. No sooner is a special privilege granted by government to a particular person or group than other persons or groups begin fighting to obtain “their fair share.”
– Paul L. Poirot, The Freeman [July 1971]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
February 3, 2025
Abolish USAID (and End All Foreign Aid)
President Trump and Elon Musk have stirred up a hornet’s nest among statists and CIA assets in the mainstream press with their threat to abolish USAID, which Trump said is “run by a bunch of radical lunatics.”The statists and the CIA assets in…
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