Legalized Theft Reaches an All Time High
October 23, 2019
Federal politicians plan to plunder more than $3 trillion from the American productive class in order to buy votes and solicit bribes (a.k.a. “campaign contributions”) with taxpayers’ money, euphemistically called “transfer payments,” in the coming year. You know, just like how a mugger “transfers” money from your pocket to his. And that’s just the federal government.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.

