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Example of Liberty Attribute #1: Rights are inherent in, and unalienable from, individuals
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Illustration of Soft Tyranny Attribute #7: Economic activity is driven by a small number of large entities operating within complex regulations
"In times of crisis people seek strong leaders and simple solutions. But what if their solutions are identical to the mistakes that caused the very crisis? This is the s ...
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"Run away from the slavery of tyranny toward the blessings of liberty!"
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Attribute #5: Government authority is centralized in a national system with powers re-interpreted to be as broad as necessary
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Illustration of Soft Tyranny Attribute #6: Government action is at the descretion of "czars" and planning boards
According to an internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo going the rounds of Capitol Hill and obtained by National Review, the agency is considering ways in which it could enact “meaningful immigration ...
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Illustration of Soft Tyranny Attribute #6: Government action is at the descretion of "czars" and planning boards
"The financial-market legislation enacted by Congress last week ushers in a new era in the relationship between capital markets and the government.
If the country decides it was a mistake, unwinding ...
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'Soft' Tyranny Attribute #4: Government exists to direct the actions of individuals
"With midterm elections approaching, President Barack Obama has gone on the charm offensive, claiming Republicans are demonstrating a "lack of faith in the American people."
"Faith" often is defined as " ...
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Example of Attribute #9: Standards of living for the many decrease even as they utilize property redistributed from the few
Excerpts from Margaret Thatcher's last speech in the House of Commons on 22 November 1990.
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Attribute #7: Economic activity is driven by a large number of small entities interacting according to simple rules
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Example of Liberty Attribute #7: Economic activity is driven by a large number of small entities interacting according to simple rules
"Last month, Apple released its new iPhone, a faster and more powerful version of its ever popular computer-phone. It's a remarkable device - particularly remarkable given that its machine ancestors were large and expensive, often ...
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Example of 'Soft' Tyranny Attribute #6: Government action is at the descretion of "czars" and planning boards
"There is one word being mentioned by business leaders and economists more frequently when the conversation turns to why jobs are not returning more quickly to the U.S. economy: uncertainty.
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Example of Liberty Attribute #1: Rights are inherent in, and unalienable from, individuals
Video of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) unsuccessfully pressing Elena Kagan to take a position on natural rights
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Since it's clear Kagan is not an originalist, it's not surprising that natural rights strike her as a distraction from the proper ...
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Example of Liberty Attribute #5: Government authority is decentralized in a federal system with enumerated powers limited by their original meaning.
...For the first time in decades, the Constitution is a major issue in an election year. This is not because of reliably inflammatory social issues like abortion and gay marriage, but because of fresh questions in the public cons ...
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Example of Liberty Attribute #9: Standards of living for the many increase as they utilize improved products and services conceived by the few
"Head to the local big-box electronics store and buy yourself: a Panasonic home theater system ($500), an Insignia 50-inch plasma HDTV ($700), an Apple 8GB iPod Touch ($175), a Sony 3-D Blu-ray disc player ($219), a Sony 300-CD ...
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Example of Attribute #2: Fundamental rights are food, housing, and healthcare (absence of necessity)
"At last, we are having the right argument for our time. Virtually everybody who is in touch with political reality now accepts that the old contest – socialism vs capitalism – is over. We all believe, with greater or lesser degrees of enthusiasm, in free-market econo ...
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