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The government doesn't have any money. the only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
-Milton Friedman
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The Government Doesn't Have Any Money. The

Milton Friedman
The government doesn't have any money. the only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
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To walk in money through the night crowd, protected by money, lulled by money, dulled by money, the crowd itself a money, the breath money, no least single object anywhere that is not money. money, money everywhere and still not enough! and then no money, or a little money, or less money, or more money but money always money. and if you have money, or you don't have money, it is the money that counts, and money makes money, but what makes money make money?
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