Glenn Jacobs, better known to wrestling
fans as "Kane," has spent the past seven years as the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. While many politicians tend to become free spenders the longer they are in office, Jacobs remains a vocal advocate
for limited government and fiscal restraint. At former Rep. Ron Paul's 90th birthday celebration in August, he sat down with Reason's Nick Gillespie to discuss Paul's enduring legacy, the rise (and fall?) of libertarian ideas within the GOP, President Donald Trump's relationship with the administrative state, and how Jacobs has governed at the local level without raising taxes.

Q: How did Ron Paul's message activate a movement, and you specifically?

A: It was tying the fiscal conservatism together with the noninterventionist foreign policy. A lot of

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