August 30, 2009
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I should be in bed but I’m WIDE AWAKE at nearly 12:00 p.m. So, I’ve been doing a little reading and came across an article by Israel Wayne who was interviewing a Christian economist named, Lawrence Reed. His interview was very good but I especially liked Mr. Reed’s response to the question below. I better get to bed so I can be awake during church tomorrow. Good night!
“Israel Wayne: Are there any government run institutions that you would like to see privatized?
Lawrence Reed: Government’s core responsibility is the protection of our rights to life, property and contract. That implies national defense, a court system, police (at the local level) and maybe a few other things. Everything else, privatize, which is to say it’s your responsibility and mine. That includes education. I don’t want government teaching our kids any more than I want it growing our food or writing our books. I have no faith that the bureaucrats or politicians can manage my health care or retirement. Sadly, most Americans refuse to grow up and assume the full responsibilities of living in freedom. They want things at other people’s expense and often don’t care who pays for it or whose dreams and aspirations have to be crushed so the politicians can extract the taxes to pay for it all. By treating our fellow citizens as milk cows, we are really behaving like children, not adults.”
