So I recently read a post about some local politburo running amok:
Here is how Texas is dealing with this manifestation of communism:
Texas is OPEN 100%.
Starting TODAY, local governments attempting to impose mask mandates can be fined up to $1K.
Public schools are prohibited from mandating masks after June 4. pic.twitter.com/FLCWSu0pN7
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 21, 2021
And this is exactly how New Hampshire can and should deal with it. But that won’t happen because there are too many in the GOP who believe “local control” is an end in itself, rather than a means to an end.
Properly understood, “local control” is a means to restrain government in order to maximize individual liberty. Decisions that can be made by local governments should be made by local governments in order to avoid a one-size-fits-all bigger government solution. Easier to change local government than State government and, if that fails, easier to move to a different town than a different State.
BUT decisions that can be made by individuals can and should be made by individuals, not by local government. Such as whether to wear a mask.
More particularly, because there is no real science showing that masks work … there is (and never was) no “public health” basis to mandate masks … which means it can and should be an individual decision whether to continue acting in a psychotic manner by wearing a mask.
This is the point that so many in the GOP miss. To repeat, LOCAL CONTROL DOES NOT MEAN THAT MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS THAT CAN BE MADE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
Of course, one or more who don’t get … or don’t want to get … this concept are going to comment that I want State government to impose a one-size-fits-all solution. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. What Abbott has done is to allow every individual in Texas to decide for himself or herself whether to continue “masking-up” (i.e., acting psychotically). That’s as far as it gets from a one-size-fits-all big-government solution.
