Maverick label a fit for Sabrin
By RICHARD PEARSALL • Courier-Post Staff • May 13, 2008
CHERRY HILL — The most conservative of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate outlined a radical plan to cut the federal government in an interview Monday.
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Contending that Washington is “bankrupt” of both money and ideas, Dr. Murray Sabrin said the country is in a “perfect economic storm” that demands a return to free enterprise and confines the federal government to the role outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
“There’s nothing (in the Constitution) about agriculture, housing, education, or energy,” Sabrin, an economics professor at Ramapo College, said. He proposes that the federal departments bearing those names and functions be eliminated.
Social Security would also be phased out under Sabrin’s plan, with new workers shifting their contributions to 401(k) plans.
The Defense Department would remain, but much downsized, limited to defending our own borders and security, while withdrawing from places such as Germany, South Korea and Iraq.
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