[throwanem]

My undoubtedly imperfect emulation of a libertarian wishes me to note in response that that's just the sort of thing which a statist politician, heavily invested of necessity in the status quo, would say, and that there's no reason why we should lend the claim credence just because it's been around for a while.

He suggested following that up with what I believe to be an Upton Sinclair quote, but I'd rather eat my supper than participate in an argument over Mises and Rothbard, so I think it's time I snapshot and terminate the running instance.