“We are tired of leaders who rather than asking what we can do for our country, ask nothing of us at all.”
MichaelW on Jan 29 2008 at 5:39 pm | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page
That’s part of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ response to the SOTU last night.
Jim Hoft’s reaction: “Huh?” and drawing the obvious comparison to another famous redistributionist.
My first thought was: “Ask? Well I’d be much happier if they’d ‘ask’; that implies I can say no. Instead they all seem to pretty much insist while staring down the barrel of a gun.”
As a bonus, I can pretty accurately predict what Milton Friedman would have said:
Sphere: Related ContentPresident Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.”… Neither half of that statement expresses a relation between the citizen and his government that is worthy of the ideals of free men in a free society.
