I have a number of letters about McCain and why we ought to vote Libertarian and "Send a message." I understand the argument.
The fact is that the Democrats will control Congress. If they also control the White House, we will have a series of legislative packages that will make the Great Society look like a libertarian government. . . . The argument is to give the Democrats their head, and pick up the pieces after the inevitable crash. I think that overlooks the resilience of tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect regimes. We haven't seen much in the way of reforms in Europe. The Democrats will create new bureaucracies that can never be dismantled: an example is the Department of Education. Reagan came into office determined to abolish it. Now it owns US education, and No Child Left Behind is entrenched. The Iron Law of Bureaucracy is inexorable.
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This is the exact point I have tried to make at Ace of Spades and a couple other places numerous times. I keep getting shouted down by those who feel that any compromise is akin to letting the devil bends us over and have his horny headed way with us from behind. Hopefully Dr. Pournelle will have better luck, but I doubt it.
h/t Instapundit
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