Smarties Opposed by Dummies
March 20, 2009
Mike: I am sometimes asked which government program I would most like to see eliminated. My answer has long been this: the government school system. Its role in corrupting young minds – a clear form of child abuse – makes the rest of the state’s programs possible. This mindless response of school officials is just one more footnote to be added to my brief in support of abolishing this wicked system.
Butler Shaffer was Professor Emeritus at Southwestern University School of Law. He is the author of In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918–1938, Calculated Chaos: Institutional Threats to Peace and Human Survival, and Boundaries of Order. His latest book is The Wizards of Ozymandias.

