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Opinion piece by Thom Hartmann. Good read imo, but, as usual, I highly recommend taking it fwiw and doing your own due diligence.
So, Nikki Haley — the nation’s currently most famous advocate for “limited government” — turned in a respectable showing in New Hampshire last night. What might that mean for our country?
In New Hampshire, people confined to the state’s prisons stamp out license plates with the motto “Live Free or Die,” an irony Vermonters often chuckle about (I’ve lived in both states). The state even threw an unfortunate soul, George Maynard, into jail for two weeks for covering up the motto on his license plate (he took it to the US Supreme Court and won).
There’s nothing funny, though, about the impact of the “limited government” obsession that’s consumed the state since William Loeb and his wife Nacky took over the only statewide newspapers (the Manchester Union Leader and the New Hampshire Sunday News) back in the 1950s with their reflexive hatred of anything “big government.”
More:
hartmannreport.com
How the “Limited Government” Scam Rolls On
“Limited government” means to take power away from governments elected by and answerable to the voters and hand that power off to massive, monopolistic corporations and the morbidly rich…
So, Nikki Haley — the nation’s currently most famous advocate for “limited government” — turned in a respectable showing in New Hampshire last night. What might that mean for our country?
In New Hampshire, people confined to the state’s prisons stamp out license plates with the motto “Live Free or Die,” an irony Vermonters often chuckle about (I’ve lived in both states). The state even threw an unfortunate soul, George Maynard, into jail for two weeks for covering up the motto on his license plate (he took it to the US Supreme Court and won).
There’s nothing funny, though, about the impact of the “limited government” obsession that’s consumed the state since William Loeb and his wife Nacky took over the only statewide newspapers (the Manchester Union Leader and the New Hampshire Sunday News) back in the 1950s with their reflexive hatred of anything “big government.”
More:
How the “Limited Government” Scam Rolls On
“Limited government” means to take power away from governments elected by and answerable to the voters and hand that power off to massive, monopolistic corporations and the morbidly rich…
hartmannreport.com