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The Cato Institute (Facebook)
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
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new media post
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New Media
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featured
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The Cato Institute authored a viral Facebook post which received 3,116 likes, 1,824 shares, 7,170 clicks and reached 161,297 people: "'Ludwig von Mises showed that when the government solves a problem, that means the problem is solved bureaucratically....Just like you can get government money to buy milk but not beer, you can get government money to pay a mortgage but not to rent an apartment. Certain lifestyle choices are favored over others; indeed, the point of the mortgage interest subsidy is to push people out of renting and into a mortgage by putting a finger on the scale.'"