[Interview with Reason Magazine] Ronald Reagan defends our right to be stupid

[Knightskye]

http://www.reason.com/news/show/29318.html


I disagree completely when government says that because of the number of head injuries from accidents with motorcycles that he should be forced to wear a helmet. I happen to think he’s stupid if he rides a motorcycle without a helmet, but that’s one of our sacred rights–to be stupid.

I was watching Nick Gillespie's interview on Freedom Watch, and he mentioned that Reason did an interview with Ronald Reagan about libertarianism, so I looked it up.

By the way, Reagan doesn't want to do away with public fire departments.

[torchbearer]

By the way, Reagan doesn't want to do away with public fire departments.

volunteer fire departments are actually just as effective in louisiana.

[Knightskye]

volunteer fire departments are actually just as effective in louisiana.

Who pays the bills?

[torchbearer]

Who pays the bills?

In Lone Pine, we pitch in voluntarily.
The bills are very small because the station had a lot of stuff donated to it.
People wanted their house insurance rates to be cheaper, so it wasn't hard to find people who wanted the fire station.