There is No Such Thing as Free Money

From the New York Times editors.

It isn’t every day that the federal government offers New York half-a-billion dollars in free money,...

The above statement kicks off an editorial from the NYT titled Sneezing at $500 Million, which excoriates New York’s Assembly for not ending their vacations to ensure New York receives a cut of the booty taken from Americans by the federal government.

I find it disturbing that so many individuals consider money received from governments, whether at the federal, state or local level, as “free money,” because there is no such thing as free money.  Each and every dollar the state hands out has been taken from an individual by force.  The state may hand out these monies as if it is free, but these monies have been enslaved under threat of prosecution.

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