Who are the freak show?
Посмотреть в зеркало предлагает очень популярный экономист-либертарианец Скотт Самнер в посте "We are the freak show"
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3. The public is so horrified by the thought of people getting high that they imprison hundreds of thousands of drug users, but then turn around and elect three consecutive former dope-smokers as president.
4. A 20 year old soldier who has returned from Afghanistan cannot legally walk into a bar and drink a 3% alcohol beer. A couple of 20 year olds can’t legally drink a glass of champaign at their wedding. But a 16 year old boy can legally drive a 2 ton SUV down the highway at 110 kilometers per hour.
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7. Farmers are paid to not grow food.
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9. One of the two major parties thinks monetary policy is wildly inflationary, despite the fact that inflation is running at the lowest level in decades.
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3. The public is so horrified by the thought of people getting high that they imprison hundreds of thousands of drug users, but then turn around and elect three consecutive former dope-smokers as president.
4. A 20 year old soldier who has returned from Afghanistan cannot legally walk into a bar and drink a 3% alcohol beer. A couple of 20 year olds can’t legally drink a glass of champaign at their wedding. But a 16 year old boy can legally drive a 2 ton SUV down the highway at 110 kilometers per hour.
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7. Farmers are paid to not grow food.
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9. One of the two major parties thinks monetary policy is wildly inflationary, despite the fact that inflation is running at the lowest level in decades.