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@bryan_caplan
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Bryan Caplan
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Oakton, Virginia
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GMU econ prof, NYT bestseller, father of 4, author of Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, Case Against Education, and Open Borders.
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RT @Glaivester: .@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan As a practical matter, will increasing immigration make it easier/harder to en…
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RT @Glaivester: .@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan ending welfare state? Will demog. changes of immigration make US more or less …
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RT @Glaivester: .@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan Here's a question - does it make sense to have libertarian border policies bef…
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RT @Glaivester: .@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan In some ways, yes. They make rules for me, punish me if I break them.
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RT @Glaivester: .@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan treat them like their own kids? (2/2)
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RT @Glaivester: .@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan How does being born in a family bestow rights others lack? Can my kids demand …
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RT @24AheadDotCom: .@JoeWChristman: see any problem w/ @bryan_caplan thinking Americans moving to NYC is the same as the world moving to th…
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RT @JoeWChristman: @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan I don't see how being born w/in the arbitrary borders of a "country" should bestow you with…
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RT @24AheadDotCom: .@JoeWChristman: see any problem w/ @bryan_caplan thinking Americans moving to NYC is the same as the world moving to th…
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.@JoeWChristman: see any problem w/ @bryan_caplan thinking Americans moving to NYC is the same as the world moving to the US? #tcot #occupy
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From @JoeWChristman
@24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan I don't see how being born w/in the arbitrary borders of a "country" should bestow you with rights others lack.
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From @Glaivester
.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan How does being born in a family bestow rights others lack? Can my kids demand my neighbors(1/2)
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan treat them like their own kids? (2/2)
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@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan So following this metaphor, does that make the government your parents?
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan In some ways, yes. They make rules for me, punish me if I break them.
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan Here's a question - does it make sense to have libertarian border policies before (1/2)
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan ending welfare state? Will demog. changes of immigration make US more or less libertarian?(2/2)
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From @JoeWChristman
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan What does it take to claim parental rights over some1? What if I claim parental rights over u?(1/2)
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From @JoeWChristman
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan "Americans" created the welfare state. One wrong should not justify another.
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From @Glaivester
.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan As a practical matter, will increasing immigration make it easier/harder to end welfare state?
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan Or b/c you blame Americans, are you unconcerned w/practical effects of immigration policy?
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From @JoeWChristman
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan the welfare state was created by the politicians. The fundamental problem lies with democracy (1/2)
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From @JoeWChristman
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan I don't see why the immigrants should have 2 suffer because the American political system sux (2/2)
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan 1) How do you propose to get rid of sucky system?
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan 2) If we open the borders before we fix system, will it make things better or worse?
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan 3) If answer to 2) is "worse" should we open borders anyway, to prove ideological purity?
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.@JoeWChristman @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan 4) If answer to 3) is "yes," why should I have to suffer so you can stay "pure?"
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From @JoeWChristman
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom twitter is short for this, but I am an Agorist. I believe in change through counter economics.
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From @JoeWChristman
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom @bryan_caplan Playing with government power is like playing with fire. (2/2)

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