Toine Manders
@ToineManders
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Lawyer. Areas: Tax planning, estate planning, wealth protection, emigration, company law. Vice-Chairman, International Alliance of Libertarian Parties (IALP).
Florida, USA
Joined March 2011
Javier Milei 🗣️: “I am a true libertarian. I see the state as an oppressive machine which destroys rights, which destroys liberty. I see taxes as theft. I see the state as an organized criminal gang.”
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“The state does not create wealth; the state destroys it. The state can give you nothing because it produces nothing, and when it attempts it, it does so poorly.” — Javier Milei
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“Economic freedom, limited government, and unlimited respect for private property are essential elements for economic growth.” — Javier Milei
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.@JMilei quotes Thomas Sowell 🔥 “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
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I voted against the rule to bring this omnibus forward for a vote. Here is a breakdown of some of the most ridiculous items included in the omnibus, and some America First items that were not. I offered amendments to correct these errors—all of which were blocked or refused🧵:
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Ambtenaren: van gaten tellers naar onze bazen Vroeger, in de tijd dat de wereld nog een beetje leefbaar was, hadden we mensen waar we eigenlijk niks mee konden. Die verder geen functie in de maatschappij konden vervullen maar waar we toch wat op gevonden hebben. Deze personen
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Postscript #2 Sweden, which never locked down, protected human life better than nearly every country on earth. I suppose one way to look at the WHO's current lies about its lockdown support is that now, no one will defend the lockdowns anymore. 15/15 https://t.co/1MSG0eWakU
@Furq266400 No. That's Sweden way down there at the lowest age adjusted cumulative mortality among its neighbors.
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Postscript #1: A 2024 comprehensive meta-analysis of the econometric literature on the effectiveness of lockdowns to stop disease spread by Danish, Swedish and American authors find little evidence of lockdown efficacy. 14/15 https://t.co/ySxxiDQQLe
link.springer.com
Public Choice - Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented use of mandatory lockdowns—defined as the imposition of at least one compulsory, non-pharmaceutical...
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I think this thread is posted in at least a simulacrum of good faith, so I'll give a substantive response. It is obviously true that in the moment of crisis, leaders face tremendous pressure to do something dramatic to address the crisis, and often those decisions turn out, in
@DrJBhattacharya I will give this 1 try. I am looking at your inciting tweets with astonishment. You probably group me in the box of lock down pushers. I wonder if you ever have been in a public health crisis advisory role, hospital outbreak management team, employer health
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The @who now claims it never supported lockdowns in 2020. Let's look at some receipts. Feb 2020 The WHO Potemkin tour of China proclaims the Chinese lockdown "proven" to stop human "transmission chains", buying time for "vaccine development". https://t.co/aW40emZ9ri 1/15
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“There has never in history been a more effective machine for eliminating poverty than the free enterprise system and the free market.” — Milton Friedman https://t.co/rYSrPiSKqB
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🚨 LLA in the province of Buenos Aires has begun the exploration of the possibility of promoting a comprehensive reform of the Buenos Aires Constitution with the aim of strengthening the protection of life, liberty and private property, drastically reducing public spending and
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“It’s always so attractive to be able to do good at somebody else’s expense.” — Milton Friedman
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