Government Shutdown
21st December 2018
Government has exactly two legitimate functions: (1) Keep people safe, (2) Keep people honest.
The next time you see or hear of ‘government’ doing something, ask yourself which of these two functions that doing is in service of. I think you’ll find that it’s merely somebody or group using the coercive power of government to make you do or pay for something that they think you ought to do or pay for without asking you first.
I like government shutdowns. Unfortunately a government shutdown never shuts down what it ought to.