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John Mueller of the Cato Institute analyzes 70 post-9/11 terrorism cases, noting that more than half involved FBI informants working inside the plots. In the Newburgh case, the government specifically introduced Stinger missiles and required travel to Connecticut to ensure the charges carried a mandatory 25-year federal sentence. Mueller concludes that the crime would never have occurred without the government instigating, planning, and bringing it to fruition.
The discussion shifts to Kelvin Baker's suggestion that America needs programs on the scale of the New Deal to achieve integration. Mo Facts counters this by citing Cato Institute research showing that Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal actually prolonged joblessness for millions and disproportionately harmed Black workers. The hosts argue that policy prescriptions often have unintended negative consequences that are ignored by those pushing a specific narrative.
