Since the New Deal almost eighty years ago, promises made by federal, state, and local government to Americans regarding their health care, retirement, safety, and general prosperity have been piling up. In order to fulfill those promises, subsequent generations in turn have been required to shoulder an increasingly heavier burden of regulations, taxes, and debt.

Today, Americans find ourselves inheriting a highly-regulated society where hardly any activity or creation is left untouched by government influence. It is a society where freedom is but a shadow of what it once was and what it should be.

Some say it's different now than in bygone eras because society has evolved and the world is more complex. In fact, many in the establishment argue that a highly active government is necessary in order to have a just and prosperous society in the modern world. At Intellectual Takeout, we do not believe that to be true.

Intellectual Takeout was founded as a non-partisan, educational institution because there is a better way forward.  We reach back to deeper truths in order to present what could be, based on individual rights, limited government, and free market economics with a healthy recognition of the important role  family and culture play in a free society. By doing so, we hope to provide our readers with the knowledge, clarity, and confidence necessary to pursue a bright future.

Be assured, a "just and prosperous" society built around a highly active government is neither just nor prosperous. More to the point, the bill for that society is likely to come due on our generation's watch. The time to take back our future is now.

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