Mr. Anti-Smith Goes to Washington

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Thomas A. Lambert, Mr. Anti-Smith Goes to Washington, Truth on the Market (November 02, 2008), https://truthonthemarket.com/2008/11/02/mr-anti-smith-goes-to-washington/

Senator Barack Obama, October 30, 2008:

You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.

Adam Smith, 1776:

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

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Does forced redistribution really reduce selfishness? Or just self-reliance?