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September 7, 2009 - 5:21 am - by Richard Fernandez
Billy P
2009-09-07 16:07:06

[Sunstein's] main point is that govt protects people’s rights and liberties and taxes enable the govt to do so. He doesn’t really address the source of those rights.

Yes – this seems to be the main thrust of Sunstein’s article. People are born with rights, and government’s role is to ensure they are able to exercise those rights.