Liberator Defibrillator - Feb 5

The Liberator is a free, biweekly Libertarian newsletter read by more than 70,000 people. Here is my recap of their February 5th newsletter:


Great Britain is piloting a Food Police program, under which officers will knock on the doors of citizens around lunch and dinner time and tell them what to do with their leftovers. "By hitting people at home, rather than in supermarkets, we can get inside their lives"


The new Massachusetts law decriminalizing one ounce or less of marijuana is now in full effect. Instead of facing jail time, those caught with one ounce or less of marijuana now face only a $100 fine and no police record. (For those of you who are wondering, Libertarians are big on marijuana decriminalization)


The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi supported a measure to ban baggy pants. When it was found to be unconstitutional, he was outraged. "...we have some issues that are much bigger than the Constitution," he said.


The new U.S. Agriculture Secretary doesn't know how many people he supervises. Though I'm sure he does know about the numerous fitness centers and cafeterias in his new workplace.


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How the government can double the tax cuts in the stimulus

The government can double the tax cuts in the stimulus package by cutting the Pentagon's budget in half.

That would save $230 billion. The current stimulus package proposes $275 billion in taxes.

It's not complicated. Look at the above graph. Is our risk of attack really six to eight times higher than England or France?

Graph from: "Do Austrians Have a Better Idea?" - Mises.org

Pentagon spending: defenselink.mil (PDF)