Free lunch? Yes please, that sounds nice. Hmm, how about a free education Opens a New Window. with a side of free health care? Why don’t we even throw in student loan forgiveness, free housing Opens a New Window. , a guaranteed job, or forget the job, and let’s just give – you guessed it – free universal basic income while we are at it.
America’s unique origin in escaping an overbearing, oppressive and overly-taxing government Opens a New Window. is likely the reason we have historically supported more freedoms, including economic freedoms, than our European cousins. But that is undeniably changing now. -- More...