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Context Matters: A Better Libertarian Approach to Antidiscrimination Law

2-3-2014 < Attack the System 313 102 words
 
My take on the question of discrimination law: Genuinely private and voluntary associations (i.e. those with no connection to the state) should be allowed to discriminate against anyone they wish for any reason they wish. However, government agencies (funded by the taxpayers), private cartels allied with the state (crony capitalists) and ostensibly private institutions that receive the majority of the their funding and business from the state (welfare enterprises)  should not be allowed to arbitrarily discriminate against racial, religious, or sexual minorities. By David E. Berstein CATO Unbound Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, a Republican More…
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