Legislating Morality
MikeR on Aug 25 2008 at 9:13 am | Filed under: Libertarianism, MikeR's Page
Newmark’s Door
We can’t enact or enforce enough laws to manage ethical behavior.
“Goo-goos”–good government advocates–have been fighting corruption in government through endlessly tweaking campaign financing reform laws and ethics laws for at least 40 years.
Senator Stevens is the latest case and even though he may have been up to no good, Newmark thinks it will be difficult to convict him.
What I do assert is, that in the absence of a tape or a document in which Stevens admits knowing that he didn’t pay for the full value of the work, it should be real darn hard to convict him.
The only way to stop this is the classical libertarian approach of smaller government.
I’m not the first person to argue this: either restrict government power or live with a lot of corruption. The goo-goos are largely tilting at windmills.
There may be some related good news . Apparently Trent Lott has had an epiphany on the issues of pork and earmarks.
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