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Happy Birthday to French satirist, agitator, writer, and politician Frédéric Bastiat, France’s foremost champion of liberty in the 19th century.

“New data just released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggest that inequality is nowhere near the problem it’s being portrayed as." http://bit.ly/29dn8qq

"While it is far too early to predict the ramifications of Britain’s exit from the European Union, it is not too soon to highlight a few of the most egregiously speculative-and wrong-ideas being thrown around." http://bit.ly/293Z61n

"The political system naturally leads to overspending."

"We may have political freedom, we may be free to make choices according to our own judgment, but if our range of alternatives is excessively narrow, owing to social customs and norms, then our freedom cannot be put to its most productive use."

"When Trump was a political outsider, he wanted the debate stage opened up to alternative viewpoints; now that he’s a member of the club, he wants it kept more exclusive than the Mar-a-Lago." http://bit.ly/290jh2S

Guns don't kill people....but government-run health care does. Case in point... http://bit.ly/292m4Fy

"Last night, the British people voted to leave the European Union...By showing the rest of Europe that it is possible to live in prosperity and peace outside the suffocating confines of the EU, Britain will lead the way for other nations – including Denmark, France, Holland and Sweden – that wish to regain their sovereignty and chart their own course." http://bit.ly/28VMZWy

"Over and over again, there are calls for common sense gun controls, such as a system of universal background checks, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and a ban on assault weapons. And yet such proposals are not likely to stop a deranged person bent on murder." http://bit.ly/28ONGx6

"Socialism depends upon the illegitimate use of force."