Ep. 189 The American Revolution: The Real Issue

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Tom Woods

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Gutzman, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, James Madison and the Making of America, and (with Tom) Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to Barack Obama, explains the real issues at stake in the War for Independence.

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0:00.0	I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.
0:09.9	In a world of conventional confusion, there will be time for them to make profits.
0:14.9	Now's not that time.
0:16.4	Daddy, what do taxes pay for?
0:18.2	Oh, why everything?
0:19.7	Policemen, trees, sunshine.
0:21.9	Let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless them.
0:25.9	Don't be afraid.
0:26.7	I'll be afraid.
0:28.3	Prepare to unshackle your mind.
0:31.2	An idea who his time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.
0:36.9	Your professor has arrived.
0:41.0	Tom Woods.
0:42.3	No, his mind is not for rent to any government.
0:46.9	Beware, citizen, you are now departing from the world of allowable opinion.
0:52.3	The Tom Woods Show. Welcome, everybody. It's Monday, June 30th,
0:59.3	2014. An Independence Day is just about upon us. And so joining us today is Kevin Gutzman
1:07.8	to talk U.S. history, to talk about the American Revolution, what it was all
1:12.8	about, and what it meant.
1:15.7	Kevin is a professor of history and graduate coordinator at Western Connecticut State University.
1:21.9	He holds his Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia.
1:26.0	And he's the New York Times best-selling author of numerous
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