[DannyTN]

Milton Friedman, the libertarian hero who helped devastate our industries and economy with his support for so-called free trade, helped Nixon implement the income tax.

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[unixfox]

Nixon started the “War On Drugs”

Which is just as bad as the income tax if you ask me.

[Campion]

Friedman would never have endorsed the kind of “free trade” we have now, where domestic industries are hobbled by regulation and practically forced, in some cases, to ship production overseas. “Free trade” is only free if the regulatory environment is equitable between nations.

[Chuckster]

Milton Friedman, the libertarian hero who helped devastate our industries and economy with his support for so-called free trade, helped Nixon implement the income tax.

Nixon was three weeks old when the 16th Amendment was ratified. He probably did not have much to do with it.