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I wonder if he’d have a better chance of running for senator after this is over or would he even consider it....

I doubt it.  I think his thought pattern is “1 year in DC and I get to add ‘cabinet member’ to my resume.” I’d be very surprised he, say, ran against Dorgan in 2010.

I’d love it if he did, but it won’t happen I’m almost certain.

The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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What a truly wonderful man. As my wife just said, “He does us proud”.

Very true.

The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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