August 6, 2009 1:59PM 

# Children, Turn in Your Parents 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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That was my response to a comment from talk radio host Brian Wilson, about 14 minutes into [this podcast](http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/TOLEDO-OH/WSPD-AM/cannon.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=TOLEDO-OH&NG_FORMAT=newstalk&SITE_ID=1258&STATION_ID=WSPD-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=Brian&PCAST_CAT=Talk&PCAST_TITLE=Brian_Wilson), on the [White House’s Snitch Project](http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/). Of course, the conversation leading up to that is well worth 14 minutes.

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