[ninenot]

Your definition of the terms bolsters your argument--but the definition is faulty.

EVERY paleo-con understands that the Gummint has TWO minimum functions: defend the shores and deliver the mail.

The fact that Reagan understood the first of these makes him a paleo (at least in that regard.)

Let's re-do your logic with that understanding.

[Steve0113]

EVERY paleo-con understands that the Gummint has TWO minimum functions: defend the shores and deliver the mail.

What about coining money and enforcing contracts?