From Adam Graham, in a post about Huckabee
Huckabee’s point is not that government is better, period as Lewis would have left us thinking but rather that if you want less government, you have to reduce the need for it. Libertarians think government can be reduced without addressing the cultural issues that led to bigger government in the first place. You want less money spent on prisons? Less money spent caring for the elderly? Stronger families are key. The idea that you can have a rotting culture and limited government absurd. Huckabee’s idea goes back to John Adams, who warned that our constitution was suited for a religious and moral and unsuitable for any other.
I’m sure he means ‘religious and moral people‘. “The idea that you can have a rotting culture and limited government is absurd.” Indeed. Great line Adam. I’m not sure how we get both a moral people and a limited government though… the universal problem, eh?
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