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The Misery of Austerity with David Fields

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The Tax Suspend Myopia

Without money coming in, the cost of unfunded mandates from the federal government to the states creates what I call a race to the bottom. The states begin fighting tooth and nail to bring somebody's headquarters into their backyard. And so by using this approach to starting with that first dollar out the federal door to Boeing, to Halliburton, to Black Rock, the United States government has by extension created unelected oligarchs that run our lives.

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