Question of the Week: Which Department of the Federal Government Should Be the First to Be Abolished?

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I was asked last week which entitlement program is most deserving of reform.

While acknowledging that Social Security and Medicare also are in desperate need of modernization, I wrote that Medicaid reform should be the first priority.

But I'd be happy if we made progress on any type of entitlement reform, so I don't think there are right or wrong answers to this kind of question.

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My vote would be for Labor to get the ax, first, but HUD makes a very worthy choice. (Sorry about the image size. The reblog feature evidently does weird things with images...)

Expect Civil Disobedience if Politicians Try to Undermine the Second Amendment

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I periodically share public opinion data, either because I'm encouraged by the results or because I think that the research helps show how to frame issues.

Examples include polling data on personal retirement accounts, the dangers of big government, support for spending caps, and viability of class warfare tax policy.

But I've been very narrowly focused. Just about all the polls I've shared have been about some aspect of fiscal policy.

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The right to defend one's property, one's liberty, and one's life is a right that pre-exists any government. It is a natural right of all human beings, something that is recognized by the Bill of Rights, rather than granted. Thus I'm not surprised to this survey show that a majority of Americans would engage in civil disobedience, should the government act against the Second Amendment. In fact, it's already happening in New York.