"If you resist, their job will be to 'take you into custody' β which is a euphemism for seizing you, handcuffing you, and taking you to jail. At this point, it will be obvious that the regulation's purpose is to force barbers to charge at least $8 β not by persuasion, but with a gun. Every government program, no matter how benign it may appear, is the same. Coercion is the reason β and the only reason β it is a government program."
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Harry Browne
Harry Edson Browne (17 June 1933 β 1 March 2006) was an American politician, libertarian writer and public speaker, and investment analyst. He was the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee in the U. S. elections of 1996 and 2000. He was the author of 23 books that in total have sold more than 2 million copies and of thousands of articles, co-founder and Director of Public Policy of the libertarian [[w:Downsize DC Foundation|Downsize
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