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Francis Rooney: a government that's big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.

On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
a government that's big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.
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Francis Rooney
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rooney reflects on the dangers of a large government and its impact on individual opportunity.

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