Posts Tagged ‘government’
Last day as a public defender
Today is my last day as a Deputy State Public Defender. Over the last five years, I have fought beside some of the best people I’ve ever met to defend the indigent accused. I’ve had the honor of saving men from living the rest of their lives in a cage. I’ve experienced the pain of…
Read MoreFacing the truth on the debt limit
David Friedman has a very good post on The Debt Limit and Default that makes two essential points for cutting through the hyperbole in the news about the risks of not raising the country’s debt limit. (1) Our government takes in enough revenues to make all interest payments on existing debt and (2) even defaulting…
Read MoreGovernment Benevolence is a Lie
There is a common myth that government is generally run by people who are concerned for the public interest over their own. And there are some examples where this is true. I work for a salary significantly below the market rate (and that has been frozen since 2009) because I care about defending people from…
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