The Soho Forum

Monthly debate forum featuring topics of special interest to libertarians. Moderated by @GeneSohoForum.

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Journalist Michael Tracey @mtracey says the public's hyperfixation on Jeffrey Epstein is a case of mass hysteria. Media Studies Professor Marcella Szablewicz @MSzabs disagrees.
Watch them debate this topic live on July 14 in NYC.
🎟️https://t.co/grvDAlnNNP

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Is it time for the public to move on from Jeffrey Epstein, or are we still owed answers?
Join our next debate July 14th. Debaters: @mtracey @MSzabs
🎟️: https://t.co/grvDAlnfYh

#nycevents #nycdebates #JeffreyEpstein #epsteinfiles

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Last Monday, we debated one of the most contested questions in American politics: Should ICE deport all undocumented immigrants in the US?
Simon Hankinson @WatchfulWaiter1 argued yes and won the tootsie roll, while @bryan_caplan argued no.
Next month, we're bringing another hot topic to the Soho Forum. Head to https://t.co/8UQg7JoY8g to find out what it is👀...

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"The United States was founded on breaking laws. "
- Bryan Caplan

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"You could just as well have a panel about people with family members murdered by Jews or Albanians, and the logical point would be the same, namely, we found a bunch of sad stories, and we're trying to go and use this as a rationalization for doing terrible things to a bunch of innocent people."
- Bryan Caplan

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"Who gets to decide what laws are stupid? That's why we have a congress." -Simon Hankinson

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"If you're worried about the welfare state, take comfort in the fact that illegal immigrants are not only ineligible for most benefits, but have already paid hundreds of billions of dollars, in taxes using invalid Social Security numbers, on which they will never collect. This is Milton Friedman, despite his famous quote about the impossibility of open borders and welfare state, specifically praised illegal immigration."

- Bryan Caplan

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"Why should anyone need permission from the U.S. government to wash dishes, clean toilets, or take care of kids? Work is good, production is good. No one should need the permission of any government to work, to produce. If it's okay to break the law against driving 56 miles per hour in the desert, you should think that it's okay to break the law against mowing grass for money."

- Bryan Caplan

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"If we agree that we either individually or collectively have the right to nullify laws passed by our local or federal government, then I'm telling you this res publica, this republic that for 250 years has brought people of all races and colors and religions and formed this not perfect, but incredible, great country of ours, it's over. We're back to anarchy. And that's why I support this proposition." - Simon Hankinson

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"We don't want crimes, but we refuse to punish criminals."

- Simon Hankinson

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🔥Some moments from our last debate on taxing the rich as we count down towards our June debate on ICE deportations!

Watch now: should billionaires pay more in taxes? https://t.co/1a67SK8NkZ

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ICE deportation debate in NYC - learn more and get tickets today to our June 8th event!
📷 https://t.co/8rMmXAuJIP
#SohoForum #NYC #debate #AbolishICE #immigration #deportation #openborder

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Remember, on Monday I debate @Heritage's Hankinson in NYC on "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should complete its mandate to deport all illegal aliens currently residing in the United States."
https://t.co/Nae5kXjVNs

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Simon Hankinson @WatchfulWaiter1 — Heritage Foundation senior fellow & former U.S. Foreign Service Officer — argues that immigration enforcement is a constitutional obligation.

Watch him debate Bryan Caplan on ICE deportations on June 8th at the Soho Forum. Tickets: https://t.co/Jp2gs2Wc9f

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"It's only good so long as it's illegal." — Milton Friedman on immigration. 🤔��
Does mass deportation serve the rule of law — or does it undermine the economic and moral fabric Friedman describes? 👇 Tell us where you stand on our June debate topic!

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Bryan Caplan says open immigration could add $75 TRILLION to the global economy. His opponent, Simon Hankinson, says the law is the law — and ICE should enforce it.

Who's got your vote? Join us June 8 at the Soho Forum.
🎟️ https://t.co/Jp2gs2Wc9f
#immigration #debate #ICE #deportation #openborders

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A former diplomat who enforced U.S. policy abroad vs. an economist who says borders cost us trillions.

Simon Hankinson and Bryan Caplan take the stage June 8 on the resolution "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should complete its mandate to deport all illegal aliens currently residing in the United States."

Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/Jp2gs2Wc9f
#immigration #ice #deportation #debate

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Should ICE deport every undocumented person in the U.S.?

Simon Hankinson @WatchfulWaiter1 says yes. Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan says the economics don't lie.

You decide who wins - join us June 8th at the Soho forum!
🎟️ https://t.co/grvDAlnfYh

[Gene Epstein @GeneSohoForum]

Class, at my https://t.co/0c5QxMY1HA, you get awarded a tootsie roll for picking up more %-points according to Oxford-style before-&-after voting. That does NOT mean you "won the debate."

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"There very well may be better people to run Meta or to take over the Hilton empire than Paris Hilton. But it turns out that that doesn't happen because the tax treatment dissuades it from happening. And so I actually worry about the fact that capital isn't being allocated to its highest, most productive use because we have a tax system that systematically encourages that capital be held. And I think that's a real deep problem, not just from the perspective of revenue, but actually from a perspective of the efficiency of the tax system at large."

-@NatashaRSarin