Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“If I had a nickel for every time the word ‘libertarian’ — or even phrases like “personal liberties and free markets” — got used incorrectly or dishonestly, I could spend my time racing my Ferrari between a Manhattan apartment and a gated-community LA McMansion instead of submitting libertarian op-eds to newspapers. Does [Jeff] Bezos really support ‘free markets?’ If so, how does that square with the billions of tax dollars the federal government spends with his companies — for example, the $10 billion contract Amazon has with the Pentagon for its ‘Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure’ project, or Blue Origin’s billions of dollars in launch contracts with DoD and NASA? Does Bezos really support ‘personal liberties?’ If so, why does Amazon provide its Rekognition surveillance software to, among other government entities, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement?” (02/27/25)