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What is a loophole? If the law does not punish a definite action or does not tax a definite thing, this is not a loophole. It is simply the law.
Ludwig von Mises
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Ludwig von Mises
Age: 92 †
Born: 1881
Born: September 29
Died: 1973
Died: October 10
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Lemberg
Austria
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Mises
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