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On TV last night I saw where they were talking about the price of houses in California. They showed pictures of houses that were falling down and said they were selling for over a million dollars. How stupid can some folks be?




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The Devaluation of America and the Law
By: Beldin
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Tue, 26 Jun 18 5:11 AM
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The immigration debate, fraught with fake news about separation of families, has revealed two ills in American society. One is the devaluation of America as a great nation. The other is the devaluation of law as a good in the civil society.

Frederic Bastiat, in his brilliant work "The Law," wrote, "Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place."

America is great because we value life, liberty, and property. These rights of American citizens have been protected by the law, to one degree of another, since the founding of our nation. These values are what make America's greatness far exceed that of other nations. The American experiment of equality before the law and protection of rights has created a nation of prosperity and peace - quite a feat considering the diversity of our society. ...


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