Rand Paul on David Letterman

Rand Paul’s performance on David Letterman is a must watch.

Some highlights. Here Paul gets Hayekian:

It’s not that government is inherently stupid, although that is a debatable point, it’s that they don’t get the same signals. You and I get signals…we have to pay our employees, we have to make a profit…the public sector doesn’t have that.

And here he argues for the virtues of competition for solving problems in education:

I think competition makes us better, you have to compete with other late night comedians, I have to compete with other physicians...

Perplexed, David Letterman ends the interview this way:

I think he’s wrong about some of the stuff he’s saying, I just don’t know why.

Rand Paul is very skilled at explaining complicated economic and policy concepts in a way that is both non-threatening and easy to understand. He's a real asset to conservatives and the Republican party, and needs to get on as many of these kinds of shows as possible.

A "problem"? Hardly.

[Update]

Some more reactions, and here.