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Cato Out Loud • January 12, 2018 

# Why Is There So Much Government Hostility to Private Charity? 

Listen to an audio version of Michael Tanner’s commentary “[Why Is There So Much Government Hostility to Private Charity?](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/why-there-so-much-government-hostility-private-charity)”

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##### [Michael D. Tanner](/people/michael-d-tanner)

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