Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress

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Cato Institute, 2003 - 676 pages
Offering policy recommendations supported by brief rationales, this handbook offers the capitalist-libertarian perspective on issues currently facing Congress. Highlights include advice on campaign finance reform, the USA PATRIOT Act, the war on drugs, monetary policy, deregulation, taxes, education.
 

Contents

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II
7
III
17
IV
43
V
44
VI
51
VII
59
VIII
67
XL
343
XLI
343
XLII
359
XLIII
369
XLIV
383
XLV
395
XLVI
403
XLVII
407

IX
75
X
76
XI
85
XII
95
XIII
107
XIV
115
XV
115
XVI
123
XVII
129
XVIII
143
XIX
161
XX
169
XXI
175
XXII
177
XXIII
185
XXIV
191
XXV
191
XXVI
201
XXVII
213
XXVIII
221
XXIX
221
XXX
239
XXXI
255
XXXII
269
XXXIII
281
XXXIV
293
XXXV
303
XXXVI
311
XXXVII
317
XXXVIII
325
XXXIX
335
XLVIII
415
XLIX
429
L
430
LI
437
LII
451
LIII
461
LIV
475
LV
489
LVI
489
LVII
497
LVIII
505
LIX
513
LX
521
LXI
529
LXII
541
LXIII
549
LXIV
559
LXV
565
LXVI
575
LXVII
585
LXVIII
591
LXIX
601
LXX
611
LXXI
612
LXXII
621
LXXIII
629
LXXIV
641
LXXV
651
LXXVI
659
LXXVII
673
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Page 30 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical...
Page 12 - So that however it may be mistaken, the end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For ' in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is no freedom.
Page 14 - It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary...
Page 15 - Government would be necessary. In framing a Government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this : you must first enable the Government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

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