AEI Writer Invokes “Implicit Contract” and other Fantasies to Excuse Government Coercion

By Ari Armstrong

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) claims the motto of freedom, opportunity, and enterprise. But, by “freedom,” apparently, some at AEI now mean that government should be free to forcibly take your wealth and give it to others, at least within certain (undefined and undefinable) limits.

In a recent article for AEI, James Pethokoukis explicitly endor…