Libertarians dislike them for their preoccupation with using the state to impose virtue.

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What is indeed astonishing is that, in this context, nobody seems to be ready to try the straightforward device to trim the public debt by virtue of selling the huge Italian state holdings or severely cutting public spending.

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That is, state and local government workers on pension boards, by virtue of being granted access to financial advisers or experts who can educate them on investment decisions, are thereby catapulted to a higher level of sophistication.

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It also has the virtue of settling, at least to a degree, the discussions about whether teams like Boise State, Utah, and TCU deserve to be mentioned in national championship discussions.

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