Kamala Harris says she's running on freedom vs. chaos, hatred and fear. But how much freedom do Big-Government programs in fact deliver?

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One of the first things Kamala Harris did after Joe Biden finally stepped aside was ask Beyoncé if she could use her song “Freedom” as her campaign theme.

My favourite campaign theme of all time is the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” which until relatively recently Donald Trump closed his rallies with. That’s the founding principle of economics and also a basic fact of life you seldom hear from politicians — including Trump, who is not exactly famous for under-promising. That didn’t stop him from using it, however, even after the Stones’ lawyers sent him a cease-and-desist letter. He now uses Sam & Dave’s 1966 hit “Hold on, I’m coming” — not a great pitch for younger voters, you’d think.

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But Beyoncé said yes to Kamala Harris and the result was an electrically energizing introductory ad, with lots of shots of the phenomenally photogenic Harris interacting with ordinary people, plus a voiceover from the candidate on her campaign’s theme of freedom.

If you’re fighting a 50-50 election in which the key swing states are Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,........

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