2/ Shall we remove the Freedom of Information Act first? Hey, suddenly our government is 0.2 % smaller, because we're not paying unelected bureaucrats to open and respond to letters!
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3/ Shall we remove public defenders next? We can cut the tax rate a tiny bit!
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4/ We could get rid of parole boards, perhaps. Let every prisoner serve out the full term. That'd make government smaller, right?
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5/ And then we've got pesky laws that stop teachers and police from campaigning for candidates from office. More laws that we can strike down! Smaller government, yeah!
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6/ Or, perhaps, we have built up a terrible edifice where beam leans against beam, somewhat counter balancing each other, even as they make something grotesque and evil. ...and the ORDER in which we remove the components matter.
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7/ Public defenders should be among the last to go (as you yourself agree, I think,
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8/ As long as 2/3 of the Constitution is ignored, and the commerce clause and the public good allow absolutely everything, and the war on drugs rages, then maybe it makes sense - maybe it's MORE LIBERTARIAN - to not increase the # of people who want to ramp up the War on Drugs.
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@AlexNowrasteh and@CatoInstitute have documented how immigrants want much more government, want more taxes, want more social spending, and want more war on drugs.Show this thread
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Yep, that's why I'm cutting public defenders last, and military and law enforcement first. Good times.
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haha typed the exact thing at the exact same time
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