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“Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes.”

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Ilana Mercer is a writer whose works span across political, social, and cultural domains. She is known for her distinctive writing style and clear viewpoints, which have won her a dedicated readership. more

“Ron Paul would have demanded that entire departments be shuttered – not that the bums merely bring into balance what was stolen (taxes) with what is squandered (spending). Besides, what a balanced-budget requirement implies is that government has the constitutional right to spend as much as it takes in – that government is permitted to waste however much revenue it can extract from wealth producers.”

Government Wealth Balance Taxes Waste Spending Producers Budgets Balanced Requirements Stolen Revenue Balanced Budget

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“The great Roman statesman Cicero observed that, 'Not to know what happened before one was born is to be always a child.' In our ignorance of the values that form part of our history and heritage, we Americans have become perpetual children.”

Knows Children Form Values Born Happened Ignorance Heritage Perpetual Statesmen

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“There are just too many Americans grubbing for free stuff and a preponderance of Republicans eager to parcel it out in exchange for power.”

Stuff Republican Parcel Free Stuff

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“Members of the media-monetary-military-congressional complex are immoral and have an allergy to the truth.”

Media Military Complexes Immoral Monetary Embers Allergies

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“In the bureaucracy, incentives will forever be inverted. Failure results in success: in more funds, more training, more time off.”

Results Forever Training Fund More Time Bureaucracy Incentives Time Off Inverted

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“free market is a market in which groups and individuals are differently represented. Parity in prosperity and performance between differently able individuals and groups can be achieved only by playing socialist leveler.”

Able Individual Groups Performances Prosperity Socialist Free Market Parity Groups And Individuals

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“Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches across America is an extension of the therapeutic culture: festooned with feelings, mostly misdirected. Untempered by intelligent interpretation of scripture... American pop-theology: light on doctrine, heavy on hellfire and damnation.”

Country Feelings Light America Culture Church Christianity Intelligent Heavy Pops Scripture Theology Doctrine Our Country Interpretation Extensions Therapeutic Damnation

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