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October 18, 2004
Distrusting Government is a Virtue
Sheldon Richman writes: "Today political philosophers and others believe that restraining government amounts to restraining 'the people.' Jefferson knew better — restraining government liberates people."
When you hear the likes of Justice Antonin Scalia tell an audience that if they don't want national ID cards they need to amend the Constitution, it's long past time to distrust the government. Many Founders Scalia would no doubt regard with reverence would think nothing of tarring and feathering him for such a remark.
But the more fundamental question is, why put up with an institution we constantly have to watch with "eternal vigilance"? Why not have its legitimate functions subject it to the checks and balances of the market - and do away with all the rest, which is most of it?
Posted by George F. Smith at October 18, 2004 11:54 AM
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