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-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Arthur Goes Off

by Lee

Arthur Silber weighs in on the State of the Union speech last night, and damn, is he pissed off.  Here’s a taste:

I have a question: why is it that even conservatives assume that it is the government that has to do everything? History has demonstrated repeatedly that, if you simply leave matters such as the development of hydrogen-powered automobiles to the private sector, the private sector will do it more efficiently, faster, and with better results—that is, if in fact such an invention is useful, and profitable (and how profitable it is will demonstrate more powerfully, and more objectively, than anything else whether it is a useful and valuable idea).

For the record I agree with everything that Arthur writes in this post.  And, for the record, Arthur is the idealist I wish I could be. Because even though I fully agree with Arthur, I also play the pragmatist and realize that the positions he espouses, positions I wholeheartedly agree with, simply will not win elections. 

Bush is growing the government at an asinine rate, which I am wholly against.  I have three options available to me:  vote Libertarian, vote Democrat, or vote Republican and try to infuse libertarian ideals into the GOP.  The first two options achieve the same result, a vote for the Democrats.  The third is the least-worst option available to me.  It sucks, but that’s the way I see it.

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