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Is Hilary Clinton A 'Statist'?

Posted by khalling 9 years, 10 months ago to Politics
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One explanation is the enduring fondness among limited-government adherents for philosopher and author Ayn Rand, whom her associate Harry Binswanger described as having “tirelessly promoted” the word’s use. She viewed statism as the notion that “man’s life and work belong to the state – to society, to the group, the gang, the race, the nation – and that the state may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own, tribal, collective good.”
What 2016 Presidential Candidates and Hopefuls fit Rand's definition of 'statist'?
SOURCE URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Politics-Voices/2015/0609/Is-Hillary-Clinton-a-statist


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