Yuval Levin on Burke, Paine, and the Great Debate
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The Welfare State and the Importance of Property Rights
David Frum: Many of the things that affect our lives are not chosen. So why don't we talk about redistribution then in that setting? In property rights, there is a concern. He says Payne makes an argument and it's a very interesting and careful argument for how beginning from Lockean principles can lead us to redistributing some wealth from the rich to the poor. It's an entirely different way of thinking about the relationship between the individual and his society.
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