That's the thing though, he doesn't want the slack picked up (at least not by the federal government) otherwise it wouldn't be shrinking the size of government. He believes, and this is damn close to a direct quote, that the federal government should be responsible for national defense, a court system and little to nothing else.
I understand where he is coming from. He takes a very Libertarian (with a capital L) view of things and basically thinks that the switch from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution was a very bad move. I can appreciate the honesty in that but I happen to disagree and think that it has absolutely horrifying and terrible consequences for public policy. Judah On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ooooh....LOL...I was wondering. > I had not seen all that. > It's impossible to reset the clock that far, and certainly not in a year. > > I suppose there have been no independent analysis of what WOULD happen if > those departments were not there, and the slack was picked up in other > ways, though? > > On 8 February 2012 19:01, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> >> wrote: >> >> err... *nothing* about that seems remotely reasonable. Missing a word >> there :) >> >> Judah >> >> > Dunno about you but that seems remotely reasonable to me, all charges >> > of racism aside. I mean, I think his support of virulent racists and >> > courting legitimately violent right wing loons in the past is >> > certainly worth bringing up and exploring. But, jesus, just look at >> > what he's saying he wants to do for the future. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346547 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
