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CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Chinese Farmers Protest”

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“There has been some interesting news coming out of China. Tens of thousands of farmers have been attacking government buildings and looting communist officials’ homes. The reason? The farmers are protesting the Chinese government’s increase in fees and taxes. Since there is strict gun control in China, the farmers resorted to using sticks and tools for their rebellion, but the well-armed Chinese government has announced that it successfully suppressed the riots. Also, a few days go, the Chinese government indicted a group of Christians for the crime of “using an evil cult to obstruct justice.” So far there is no word from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or the ATF on whether the Chinese tax protestors, Chinese Christians, and Chinese government should be praised or condemned for their respective actions.”

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Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics. In 1987, Mr. Hornberger left the practice of law to become director of programs at the Foundation for Economic Education. He has advanced freedom and free markets on talk-radio stations all across the country as well as on Fox News’ Neil Cavuto and Greta van Susteren shows and he appeared as a regular commentator on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show Freedom Watch. View these interviews at LewRockwell.com and from Full Context. Send him email.