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“There are now 17,000 local American police forces that are armed with rocket launchers, bazookas, heavy machine guns, all kinds of chemical sprays, in fact some of them have tanks. You now have local police departments that are equipped beyond the standard of American heavy infantry.”

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Paul Craig Roberts

Paul Craig Roberts is an American economist born on April 3, 1939. He has extensive research and teaching experience in the field of economics and has served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and an advisor to the Federal Reserve. Roberts is known for his support of free-market economics and his criticism of globalization. more

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