Matt Bevins is the Republican Governor of Kentucky. He and his wife have nine children between the ages of 5 and 16, which tells you that he probably needs to spend more time learning stuff than doing you-know-what.

He didn’t not let his kids get vaccinated.  He purposefully gave them chicken pox.

“We found a neighbor that had it,” the first-term governor said. “And I went and made sure every one of my kids was exposed to it and they got it. And they had it as children, they were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine.”

So when they are adults and they get shingles, I hope they punch him flat in the face.

He does not think the government has a right to tell people what to do with their children.  In his libertarian worldview, parents should be allowed to cook and eat their kids. And expose them to diseases on damn purpose.  And if their kids get typhoid or tuberculosis, we should not be able to keep them out of school or away from their part-time jobs at Burger King.

“The government” does not force parents to vaccinate children.  However, if parents want their children to participate in public activities, they do not have the right to expose children they don’t own.  Likewise, the government does not force you to get a driver’s license.  However, if you want to drive a car, we like to know that at least you’ve been taught how.

Libertarianism: Astrology for white men.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.