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Bloomberg Should Be Praised for His Generous Offer to Discharged Convicts

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Bloomberg Should Be Praised for His Generous Offer to Discharged Convicts
In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses the virtual convention on Aug. 20, 2020. DNCC via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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The opposition to Michael Bloomberg’s promise to pay the fines of discharged Florida convicts who still owe assessed fines, in order to enable them to vote in the presidential election, is unjust.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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