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Are most immigrants rushing over the border to free-load on welfare (and then vote for more welfare) or are they coming to take our jobs (which means they're coming to work, to be productive)?
Immigration on Trial, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Are most immigrants rushing over the border to free-load on welfare (and then vote for more welfare) or are they coming to take our jobs (which means they're coming to work, to be productive)?
Immigration on Trial, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Those who free-load - claiming the full rate but demonstrably failing to do the job - will find themselves vulnerable to local newspaper 'naming and shaming', and to challenge from opponents at elections.
Archive 2007-04-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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I tend to free-load on both but I do throw down for the odd Car Talk merch from time-to-time.
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Those who free-load - claiming the full rate but demonstrably failing to do the job - will find themselves vulnerable to local newspaper 'naming and shaming', and to challenge from opponents at elections.
Councillors' pay: a proposal Stephen Tall 2007
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Back in reality land, Blue states tend to contribute taxes, while red states free-load off the federal government.
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BPI: It is of course true that many people who file-share buy music, but it is also true that many file-sharers prefer to free-load with little willingness to pay for music at all.
BBC Blog Network 2009
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BPI: It is of course true that many people who file-share buy music, but it is also true that many file-sharers prefer to free-load with little willingness to pay for music at all.
BBC Blog Network 2009
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The other problem with free-loaders is that they think themselves superior–and they’ll tell you how superior they are–for having figured out how to free-load.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Threat of Forced Labor Through Mandatory “National Service”: 2007
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We are paying upwards of $100 to $300 a year into ALD so Aurora can free-load on our dollar! "
The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Marian O'Neil 2009
bilby commented on the word free-load
"If your city has a large Jewish population, subscribe to the newspaper that services the Jewish community. There are extensive lists in these papers of family occasions where tons of good food is served. Show up at the back of the synagogue a few hours after the affair has begun with a story of how you'd like to bring some leftovers of 'good Jewish food' back to your fraternity or sorority. If you want to get the food served to you out front, you naturally have to disguise yourself to look straight. Remarks such as, 'I'm Marvin's cousin,' or learning the bride's name, 'Gee, Dorothy looks marvelous' are great. Lines like 'Betty doesn't look pregnant' are frowned upon. A man and woman team can work this free-load much better than a single person as they can chatter back and forth while stuffing themselves."
- Abbie Hoffman, 'Steal This Book'.
February 18, 2009