WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2024
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Whenever the offense inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigor of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
– Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [1776] |
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March 27, 2024
Does Social Security Demonstrate “Compassion”?
I’m always fascinated by people, including libertarians, who convince themselves that they are being good, caring, and compassionate by advocating the continuation of Social Security. Claiming that it would be heartless to suddenly terminate this program, they say that the moral thing to do is continue the program for at least one generation. Of course, we all know what would happen at the … |
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