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Public education; fire departments; national defense; OSHA; NASA; the interstate highway system; EPA; NTSB; paved roads; clean drinking water; public sewer; local, state, and national parks; etc.
Granted, none of those are perfect, and some have had some colossal failures and overreaches, but overall they do more good for all of us than harm, and nobody could pay for those functions on their own.
Can't wait to see the coverage this gets.
Hope this sticks. Still the Liberals will keep on keeping on.
By cutting back spending to only include those things covered by Article 1, Section 8. All others can be left up to the states.
Nothing is any of the mainstream media. In fact, CNN has even more anti stuff that usual on its website.
Great. So don't pay your taxes and we'll see how low your balls really swing.
I am liberal, and also a against a change to gun laws.
By cutting back spending to only include those things covered by Article 1, Section 8. All others can be left up to the states.
I have my own well and septic system. Paid for by me and mine.
i can home school my children. I could run a nice business charging other parents to school their children too. (if I had a track record of success.)
i can own huge tracts of land and preserve it, forest it, cultivate it into any type of park I like. I can also partner up with like minded individuals to do the same if I lack the resources on my own.
Volunteer fire departments have been around, and successful, for centuries.
If I'm not safe on a job site, i get hurt and hopefully learn my lesson. If an employer doesn't provide safe conditions to me as an employee, I can make improvements or find alternate employment under better conditions.
If you want wealth redistribution goto Europe.
So, you're saying that any state taxation and redistribution is fine, if you don't like it, you can just move to another state, right?
How do things like standardization of gas pumps or Michigan's power plants polluting the air causing acid rain on NH fit in to that?
Excellent! But not everywhere has those values (states' rights) and in some places it's impractical or impossible (anyone who lives in a city can't have a well)
I can think of two parks that were donated by private citizens:, Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park. They're both run by the state now, and weren't public until they were donated. Are there any private parks on par with Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon or Mount Rainier? How 'bout 1/10 that big? Sure, you *can*, but nobody does.
Yes, but they don't work in urban areas.
You need to read more about working conditions before 30 years ago. Start with The triangle shirtwaist fire, then go on to the coal mining revolts of the 20s, then look at pretty much any sweatshop anywhere in the world.
I noticed you ignored a bunch of my examples, but none of that is really the point,
It's absolutely possible to preserve individual rights and still pay taxes for collective goods. We just suck at it.
Cool! We don't even NEED a legislative branch. Silly activist founders!
I have my own well and septic system. Paid for by me and mine.
i can home school my children. I could run a nice business charging other parents to school their children too. (if I had a track record of success.)
i can own huge tracts of land and preserve it, forest it, cultivate it into any type of park I like. I can also partner up with like minded individuals to do the same if I lack the resources on my own.
Volunteer fire departments have been around, and successful, for centuries.
If I'm not safe on a job site, i get hurt and hopefully learn my lesson. If an employer doesn't provide safe conditions to me as an employee, I can make improvements or find alternate employment under better conditions.
Obviously, no states could work out those issues. We need a huge Federal gov for that. It should probably be expanded to cover the rest of the world as well, just to be safe. Why have different levels of government? It would be so much easier to just let Feds run everything.
You need to read more about working conditions before 30 years ago. Start with The triangle shirtwaist fire, then go on to the coal mining revolts of the 20s, then look at pretty much any sweatshop anywhere in the world.
I noticed you ignored a bunch of my examples, but none of that is really the point,
It's absolutely possible to preserve individual rights and still pay taxes for collective goods. We just suck at it.
Most of the more compelling (for the case of government regulation of labor) labor situations cited, not coincidentally, have abuse of government power present as well that helped one or a few connected players create and maintain that situation.Where you work, your profession, your trade... It's a choice you make. Nobody forces you to pick a career or employer. You can pickup and go anytime. That's the beauty of a free society. There is no slavery or indentured servitude forcing you to continue reporting to an unhealthy environment. Further, if people left dangerous or unethical companies, they'd go out of business and be replaced by employers that provided better conditions.
I didn't ignore a bunch of your examples, I just don't contest them.
Volunteer fire departments? So everyone buys their own fire engine? The town still owns the equipment even though the responders are volunteers. I don't think my neighbors and I could buy an M1 abrams or a decent fighter plane either, nor could I field a big enough navy to keep pirates at bay since that is vital for commerce. I would much rather commute on roads maintained by tax dollars than by the abutting land owner.
Volunteer fire departments have been around, and successful, for centuries.
“The logic of Senate Republicans and some Senate Democrats is, ‘If the House won’t pick it up, much less pass it, why would we stick our necks out?’ ” said a strategist tracking the Senate debate.