[marketcorrection] Don Boudreaux: What Does It Mean to Cherish Liberty?

[Email subscription to blog articles]

Posted by Don Boudreaux:
What Does It Mean to Cherish Liberty?
http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/posts/1168868606.shtml


   11 April 2006
   The Editor, New York Times
   229 West 43rd St.
   New York, NY 10036
   To the Editor:
   We Americans continually boast of our commitment to liberty. But I
   question the depth of this commitment when I read the likes of
   Nicholas Kristof calling on government to regulate and tax us in ways
   designed "to change Americans' diet and exercise habits" ("Hazardous
   to Your Health," April 11).
   How can anyone claim to love liberty and, at the same time, believe
   that the state should control what people eat and how they exercise?
   Sincerely,
   Donald J. Boudreaux
   Chairman, Department of Economics
   George Mason University