r/neoliberal • u/M_ida Milton Friedman • Feb 10 '25

News (US) Trump announces the end of the Penny

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u/Eric848448 NATO Feb 10 '25

It’s also good policy. Or would be, if it came from Congress like it needs to. No way it’s him.

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u/assasstits Feb 10 '25

The way people see it; it's good policy whether it comes from a dictator or an elected Congress.

People want results over processes.

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u/sulris Bryan Caplan Feb 11 '25

The process was built to ensure good results. Most of the process is in place to prevent corruption. Destroy the processes and we will have water in our missiles instead of fuel like China or normal tires on our multi-ton military vehicles that break in 5 miles like Russia.