07-08-2016, 07:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2016, 07:38 PM by Eric the Green.)
(07-08-2016, 07:20 PM)Drakus79 Wrote: You act as though libertarians will suddenly remove all laws. How many times to I have to say libertarianism is not anarchism.You wrote "Try to remove laws rather than add to them." I did not write that.
Quote:Did you not read the part where I said he puts each law through a cost benefit analysis before he decides to veto it or not? Why don't you actually look at their results before you make judgement call? NM and MA were very happy with both terms that Gary Johnson and Bill Weld served and they are very blue states, so I don't think you have too much to worry about.
Because it's clear as you said that he did not allow very many laws to be passed. The results are that NM is still a backward state with poor services and poor social mobility and with strong tendencies to violence. It is not a "heavily blue state," but a recent, moderate one due to immigration. Past domination by libertarian Republicans has given MN lots of problems which only Democratic rule can correct over a long period in the future. Even in MA and other blue states, tempting libertarian slogans can hold sway and moderate Republicans can win. Fortunately MA had a long history of Democratic rule which puts it in the forefront of states on all the scales of development and fairness.