Archive | June 22, 2011

Wall Street Journal: Food Stamps for Millionaires

Wall Street Journal June 23, 2011 The Food-Stamp Crime Wave By JAMES BOVARD Millionaires are now legally entitled to collect food stamps as long as they have little or no monthly income. Thirty-five states have abolished asset tests for most food-stamp recipients. These and similar “paperwork reduction” reforms advocated by the United States Department of […]

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Fear-mongering and Servitude

from the July-August issue of the Freeman – Fear-Mongering and Servitude by James Bovard In his 1776 essay, “Thoughts on Government,” John Adams observed, “Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will […]

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