Congressman Ron Paul is all over shutting the door of US government in the face of its citizens:
Paul's suggesting young people be allowed to walk away from the government entirely. His proposed deal works like this: you pay the government 10% of your income (presumably to protect your borders and such) and you promise you'll never take advantage of a government service for the rest of your life.
"Look, we are not doing such a good job being government these days," Paul explained. "We make promises and we don't know about the future."
"Would you consider opting out of the whole system under one condition?" Paul then asked, introducing his plan. "You pay 10% of your income, but you take care of yourself. Don't asked the government for anything."
Not surprisingly, the crowd of libertarian youth packing the CPAC hall for his speech went wild.
That's an interesting idea. Does that mean there will be no public education and no public highways and roads? Does that mean there will be no tax money infused into hospitals and universities? What about military service and the VA hospitals, disability pay for wounds, and retirement pay? Or, perhaps, the military will be contracted to private corporations?
ReplyDeleteThe list of questions is obvious and goes practically forever. A very interesting and most peculiar idea. A national government that has no interest in or responsibility to its citizens.
Jay