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jammies · 05-02-2011, 05:22 PM

There is a cost to living in a society based on the rule of law and the funding of public institutions that are difficult to justify on purely economic grounds. It's not as simple as "I should decide how to spend MY money", because that ignores the role that social infrastructure plays in giving you the opportunity to make any money at all.

There are two ridiculous positions that characterize North American political debate: in one, the government can and should always be made smaller, more efficient, and less intrusive; in the second, government should always be looking to reduce social and economic inequities. Both are biased towards sloganeering instead of rational argument - neither shows much imagination.

05-02-2011, 05:22 PM	#379
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	There is a cost to living in a society based on the rule of law and the funding of public institutions that are difficult to justify on purely economic grounds. It's not as simple as "I should decide how to spend MY money", because that ignores the role that social infrastructure plays in giving you the opportunity to make any money at all. There are two ridiculous positions that characterize North American political debate: in one, the government can and should always be made smaller, more efficient, and less intrusive; in the second, government should always be looking to reduce social and economic inequities. Both are biased towards sloganeering instead of rational argument - neither shows much imagination. __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.