"I would let people gamble on the Internet," Frank said. "I would let adults smoke marijuana; I would let adults do a lot of things, if they choose."
He added: "But allowing them total freedom to take on economic obligations that spill over into the broader society? The individual is not the only one impacted here, when bad decisions get made in the economic sphere, it causes problems."
With all due respect to Reason and libertarianism, and with a little bit of tongue-in-cheek, my response would be...'Yeah Barney, cause we know no one ever made bad decisions while gambling or smoking pot'
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