“In 1961, Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act, Section 508 of which states that the U.S. must cut aid to countries in which a “duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup” until the resumption of civilian rule.”
What a stupid law; a few years later we were in South Vietnam propping up a government that simply didn’t allow elections. Adolf Hitler was legally elected, the communist government overthrown by Franco was as well; heck, doesn’t North Korea’s leader get elected with 100% of the vote?
My overall feeling -- in a very broad sense -- is that government tends to make things worse. We write bad laws. We waste money. Therefore, we ought to always push for smaller, more limited government.
Foreign assistance? Best way to avoid a mistake is to not have any.
Regulation of health care? Avoid problems by simply not making regulations.
Government schools? Get rid of them.
The government has proven itself incompetent on every level, for decades and decades. People need to see it as a fixable problem. Start by cutting the federal budget by 50%.