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Eric Burlison: “The government has a monopoly power on force. When they tax you, they are forcing you to spend money on the things that…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2023
The government has a monopoly power on force. When they tax you, they are forcing you to spend money on the things that government wants to spend money on.
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Eric Burlison
Republican · Missouri

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Burlison criticizes government taxation as coercive charity.

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