More government won't make it smaller

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for February 12, 2025)

If you have an unfriendly neighbor, do you threaten your own family in an attempt to force the neighbor to behave? What if he threatened his family first? If all your friends jumped off a roof, would you jump, too? 

What if your threat works and the bad neighbor changes his behavior like you wanted? Most people would still see your behavior as antisocial. Is it different if you're threatening the entire country you rule and we call the threat a tariff? Does this change your act from abuse to a negotiation?..read the rest...

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