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If government goes beyond securing liberty and instead violates it through regulation, redistribution, and planning, then citizens are victims of legal plunder.

Richard Ebeling

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Richard Ebeling
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: January 30
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Economist
New York City
New York
Richard M. Ebeling
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