Article from Fox Business by Julia Limitone.

Smaller government is one of the leading ideas of the Libertarian Party, but one 2020 presidential candidateOpens a New Window. is taking the principal one step further. He says that if he wins, on his first day in office, he would abolish the federal government and then resign.

“America is too good for this government,” said Libertarian presidential candidate Adam Kokesh to Judge Andrew Napolitano during an appearance on FOX Business’ “Kennedy”Opens a New Window. on Monday. “It’s time for us to be united in freedom instead of government.”

However Kokesh’s platform is actually a “little more complicated” than getting rid of it on day 1, he said.

“My proposal is the localization of government,” he said.  “Dissolving it through a bankruptcy process in a peaceful orderly manner that would leave us with 50 independent states and of course up to 562 sovereign native nations.”

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