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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 231 The State Is Not a Public Service Agency

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2014

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Tom discusses myths people believe about the state.

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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?

0:18.3

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'm going to unshackle your mind.

0:31.2

An idea whose 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

Well, 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 Thursday, August 28th,

0:59.3

2014. My crazy week continues, trying to get myself back into the swing of things, producing

1:07.9

courses for the Ron Paul Homestchool Program. You can find out more about that, of course,

1:12.7

at Ron Paul homeschool.com. But as I said yesterday, it is so hard to get back into a routine

1:19.1

when you've been away from something for a while. I mean, I've been doing some reading and some

1:23.0

prep for it, but I've done some other things. I've been doing some traveling. I've prepared a new book

1:28.6

that's coming out very soon, and now it's very hard to get back into it, but I really've got

1:33.3

to get back into it in a really intense way this week, because the fall semester is right

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