Re: WELFARE, FOREST FIRES, AND THE CONSTITUTION

[David Bernstein]

Sandy, Can you identify a "conservative" (and politicians don't count, you can't expect intellectual consistency from them) who has argued that California deserves aid, but "victims of structural unemployment" do not?   In a message dated 10/30/2003 3:41:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why, for example, do conservatives assume that California deserves aid and, say, victims of structural unemplyment should be left to the vagaries of the market and private charity?      Professor David E. Bernstein George Mason University School of Law http://mason.gmu.edu/~dbernste blog: http://volokh.com/index.htm?bloggers=DavidB *********************************************** My latest book, You Can't Say That! The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws, has just been published ***********************************************