Thomas Eddlem writes that Presidents Day, "is the most ridiculous and anti-liberty holiday of the year. Americans are asked to revere the office of president today when they should be fearing it and opposing it with every fiber of their being. The U.S. presidency is by far the greatest threat to liberty for Americans today." The article is totally over the top and I disagree with much of it. But sometimes reading extreme views can be useful in provoking people to examine their unexamined assumptions. Mr. Eddlem neglects that the presidents that Presidents Day honors -- Washington and Lincoln -- both sometimes infringed on individual liberty, but they did so in the service of greatly expanding liberty overall by winning independence from Britain and ending slavery.
A Contrarian Look at Presidents Day
https://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/02/a-contrarian-look-at-presidents-day
by Editor | receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list