We knew David Barton was a revisionist historian. But just how much of a revisionist is he? He gave a pretty big clue yesterday on Wallbuilders Live, when he declared that if he had his way, regulation of any sort would be swept away (h/t to People for the American Way).
What's going on right now in DC is government at the regulatory level, particularly at the cabinet level, whether it's the Department of Agriculture or Health and Human Services or whatever, those are now pretty much unaccountable agencies. And what they're starting to do to the country, they have no sense of accountability, they fear no one - they don't fear the President, they don't fear Congress, they sure as heck don't fear the people because we don't elect them. the stuff that's now going on with those agencies is, I think, unprecedented and the most dangerous attack we've had on our liberties since the British, quite frankly.
By definition, a free market means there is no government intervention or regulation. So the more these agencies get involved, the less you have the free market and the less prosperity you will have and the less freedom you will have.
Let's say it all together as a group--
regulations keep us safe. While most of us want to trim the amount of red tape in government, Barton would take us all the way back to the days of
The Jungle.
One really comical moment happened when Barton's co-host, Rick Green, suggested that without regulators in the picture, it would be easier for individuals to settle disputes with companies who screw up. Uh huh. Tell that to the people in the Gulf still being affected by Oilmageddon.
Turns out Barton was being somewhat disingenuous. His guest on that day's show was Mario Loyola, director of the Center for Tenth Amendment Studies at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a right-wing think tank. To get an idea of just how extreme Loyola is, he recently wrote a paper that seems to favor doing away with judicial review altogether.
Listen to the whole thing here.