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New at Reason: John Stossel on Obama's Green-Jobs Fantasy

Anyone who understands basic economics already knows that President Obama's $2.3 billion green-jobs initiative was snake oil, writes John Stossel. In judging any government initiative, you can't look just at the credit side of ledger because the government is unable to give without first taking away. Inevitably, more is taken—destroyed—than is given because the government substitutes force and taxation for consent and free exchange.

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