I particularly enjoyed meeting Louis Carabini, the event's sponsor. So after I got home, I read his book Inclined to Liberty, which he generously provided to all the participants. Like virtually all of the works available from the Mises Institute, it offered useful insight and inspiration. So, both in thanks and in hopes of getting more people to read his short book, I would like to share a few of its gems...In the real world, someone must work to provide and pay for all the free benefits that others receive — and that "someone" isn't the State.
A claimant of a right to a free ride, such as free health care, is a disclaimer of the natural inalienable rights of the person upon whom the claim is made.
The democratic State simply provides an attractive means for some to acquire the resources produced by others at little or no cost to themselves, while preventing any real recourse for those from whom those resources are taken.
A sample of the excerpts gleaned from a book review.
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