1/ It's naive to think that removing any one random component of government is the right way to decrease the total amount of government. In fact, order matters.https://twitter.com/LucyStag/status/1057015240901173249 …
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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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Replying to @MorlockP
You're using the exact same argument I use, except you're using in favor of internal militarization and preventing people from moving freely. It's rather disturbing.
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