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[[Image:134 3406.JPG|thumb|200px|The Cato Institute's building in [[Washington D.C.]].]]

[[Image:134 3406.JPG|thumb|200px|The Cato Institute's building in [[Washington D.C.]].]]

'''The Cato Institute''', a [[Washington]]-based [[libertarian]] [[think tank]],<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/22/anti-lgbt-discrimination-stifle-free-speech-critics-say/ Gay Discrimination Bill Will Stifle Free Speech, Advance 'Homosexual Agenda,' Critics Say] - [[Fox News]]</ref> is one of the [[United States of America|America]]'s most prominent [[nonprofit]] public policy research organizations, advocating [[limited government|less government involvement]]. Its research and reports cover numerous issues; such as the [[Second Amendment]] and [[gun rights]] versus the [[police state]], defense spending, [[social security]] and the [[Welfare state]], [[monetary policy]] and [[fiscal conservatism]], natural resource policy, international trade. Cato's current president is co-founder [[Edward Crane]]. The organization has approximately 95 full-time employees, 20 fellows, and 70 adjunct scholars, plus interns.<ref>http://www.cato.org/about/about.html</ref>

'''The Cato Institute''', a [[Washington]]-based [[libertarian]] [[think tank]],<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/22/anti-lgbt-discrimination-stifle-free-speech-critics-say/ Gay Discrimination Bill Will Stifle Free Speech, Advance 'Homosexual Agenda,' Critics Say] - [[Fox News]]</ref> is one of the [[United States of America|America]]'s most prominent [[nonprofit]] public policy research organizations, advocating [[limited government|less government involvement]]. Its research and reports cover numerous issues; such as the [[Second Amendment]] and [[gun rights]] versus the [[police state]], defense spending, [[social security]] and the [[Welfare state]], [[monetary policy]] and [[fiscal conservatism]], natural resource policy, international trade. Cato's current president is co-founder [[Edward Crane]]. The organization has approximately 95 full-time employees, 20 fellows, and 70 adjunct scholars, plus interns.<ref>http://www.cato.org/about/about.html</ref>

Despite its many [[conservative]] positions, the CATO Institute also aligns with [[liberal]] [[globalism]] on numerous issues, including support for high [[immigration]] levels, [[open borders]], [[amnesty]] for illegal immigrants, and support for so-called [[free trade|"free" trade]]. In July 2018, the institute stated that the U.S. "has nothing to fear, and much to gain, from [[open borders]]."<ref>Binder, John (July 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/31/koch-backed-cato-institute-time-for-the-u-s-to-have-open-borders/ Koch-Backed CATO Institute: ‘Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>

Despite its many [[conservative]] positions, the CATO Institute also aligns with [[liberal]] [[globalism]] on numerous issues, including support for high [[immigration]] levels, [[open borders]], [[amnesty]] for illegal immigrants, and support for so-called [[free trade|"free" trade]]. In July 2018, the institute stated that the U.S. "has nothing to fear, and much to gain, from [[open borders]]."<ref>Binder, John (July 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/31/koch-backed-cato-institute-time-for-the-u-s-to-have-open-borders/ Koch-Backed CATO Institute: ‘Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>