Monday, July 06, 2015

Does our government enjoy the consent of the governed?

Glenn Reynolds asks in USA Today,
Does our government now have, as its principal function, the protection of people's rights? Or is it more of a giant wealth-transfer machine, benefiting the connected at the expense of the outsiders? And, most important, does our government enjoy the consent of the governed? (According to a 2014 Rasmussen poll, only 21% think so.) What would the drafters of the declaration say?
Read more here.

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