What should libertarians think about government shutdowns due to Congressional failure to approve new spending bills? Libertarians oppose most spending affected by shutdowns, so one might assume they are on board. That is not my view. While shutdowns suspend some government expenditures, the effect is temporary. Furloughed employees, for example, get
Do you think shutdowns themselves help “convince more people that smaller government is better” since the fact that daily life continues as usual for most people during shutdowns demonstrates that we can do without most government functions?
Hi Adam. that's a plausible hypothesis, but we don't see much evidence that it works! jeff
Do you think shutdowns themselves help “convince more people that smaller government is better” since the fact that daily life continues as usual for most people during shutdowns demonstrates that we can do without most government functions?