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Comprehensive thread on productive @CatoInstitute panel on plea bargaining just finished. Upshot: Coercion is destructive, but not inevitable. Change starts with: decriminalization, ending wealth based detention, limits on charging, mandatory mins, open discovery, & speedy trial.

South Carolina keeps pumping out great pro-taxpayer leaders.

Average incomes in the economically freest nations are seven times higher than those in the least free. http://j.mp/2RSHABq

Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at @CatoInstitute on the forces that drive even innocent people or victims of police misconduct overwhelmingly to plead guilty. For a preview, check this film by me & my colleagues. RSVP here for event: https://www.cato.org/events/coerciv

Florida is #1 in freedom rankings. We are even ahead of the state with “Live Free or Die” on its license plates.

“As far as I’m concerned, the only good tax is a dead tax." - @GregAbbott_TX, who assumed the office of Texas governor in January 2015 with a reputation as a fiscal conservative. http://j.mp/2ObOGTv #GovReportCard

@Governor_LePage is a staunch fiscal conservative. He has restrained spending and cut state employment by 7% since taking office, earning him an "A" on @CatoInstitute's #GovReportCard http://j.mp/2ObOGTv

.@CatoInstitute: Ethanol Politics Trump Common Sense https://bit.ly/2EqVQia #RFS

Not all stupid and destructive ideas come from Washington D.C.

Patients and doctors are often the mistaken targets in the fight against the so-called opioid epidemic. http://j.mp/2AbGMkj #CatoDrugWar