Milton Friedman on the Drug War

[benkahuna]

I'm not particularly a fan or libertarianism or neoliberal economics, but Milton sure put it well when he said:

"Can any policy, however high-minded, be moral if it leads to widespread corruption, imprisons so many, has so racist an effect, destroys our inner cities, wreaks havoc on misguided and vulnerable individuals and brings death and destruction to foreign countries?" -- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Winner (Economic Science, 1976), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988)


What a waste.

[bluesbassman]

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I'm not particularly a fan or libertarianism or neoliberal economics, but Milton sure put it well when he said:

"Can any policy, however high-minded, be moral if it leads to widespread corruption, imprisons so many, has so racist an effect, destroys our inner cities, wreaks havoc on misguided and vulnerable individuals and brings death and destruction to foreign countries?" -- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Winner (Economic Science, 1976), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988)


What a waste.

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This statement applies equally well (except perhaps for the last point) to the effect of victim disarmament laws (i.e. "gun control").

Im just waiting for American politicians to finally fess up to the fact that Canada is doing it right, go up there with hats in hand, and ask for help with our GOD-AWFUL domestic policies.