The prime goal of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority.

And in order to do that, you've got to fragment the majority so they really can't get to do very much and you have to

concentrate power in the wealth of a water gun?

It's the use of a water gun in the middle of your finger

on the trigger?

What's the use of a guy? Michael Mallison let that be your welcome for the next hour. I'm not hearing

myself through the cans but that's okay. We have an amazing guest today

someone who has far better things to do than to be here, but took

the time out of his busy schedule to come down, schlept down to the East Village to sit down for an interview. The legend himself, John Stasle, decades-long

journalist, best-selling author, formerly host of Stassel and Fox Business, current Fox News

Contributor, doing a lot of work with Reason TV.

Don, thank you so much for coming here.

It's a privilege.

I should say I came here and Mal wasn't here he just sneaks in at the last second.

Well that's how malice does tend to work. It's like crampous on Christmas.

The first thing I want to ask you,

this is kind of be like a backhanded compliment,

but I don't know that it really is that backhanded.

You've been around for decades spreading the voice of liberty.

For a long time, you're pretty much the only one doing it right it must have

been kind of a lonely gig are you aware of how beloved you are in the broader

liberty movement on a personal level?

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