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The Trump Administration Is Pure Progressivism in Action

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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn’t make it worse.
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May 30, 2025 Charity versus Coerced “Charity” Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced that he is going to leave less than 1 percent of his vast wealth to his children and is going to donate the rest — an estimated $200 billion — to worthy causes. I suspect that that rankles proponents of America’s welfare state because they say that wealthy (and middle-class) people need to be forced to help …
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