MY TAKE: People tell libertarians who complain about government limiting choice: "What are you whining about? People can vote the bums out." Democracy is a sort of free market. We choose our representatives.
But compared to a real free market, the political process is vastly inferior. We get to vote for politicians once every two... or four ...or six years.
In the private sector, we vote with our dollars. We get to vote often, for more stuff. Competition requires businesses to innovate or lose votes and die.
Also, and most important, politics is a package deal. Vote for Obama, you get Obama policies. But in the free market, we have a million choices. Suppose you chose food the way we choose politicians. You get two choices- donkey meat or elephant meat. Then, no matter how you voted, you have to eat what the majority picked.
In the free market supermarket, I can pick elephant and you can pick donkey. Even the in the simplest supermarket, we can each get what we want. That's why government should be kept small.
OBAMACARE MANDATES: Obama sold his signature healthcare law by saying it would lower costs and give us more choices. In truth, more people are covered, but we have less choice and higher costs.
RIGHT TO TRY: If you have a terminal illness, you should be able to try any treatment you think might save your life. But today, you cannot.
In Vermont, two brothers suffer from the same terminal illness, but the FDA has only approved the drug for the younger brother, Max. Max continues to get better while his older brother, Austin, will likely die.
ARE DEMOCRATS THE PARTY OF CHOICE? Democrats often call themselves the "party of choice." But they're almost always talking only about abortion. When it comes to other choices-like the right to choose your child's school...or not join a union..or buy a gun-they're not so big on choice. I fight Alan Colmes, who says everybody benefits from these restrictions.
ARE REPUBLICANS THE PARTY OF CHOICE? Rep
