In this case I don't think the adoption workers preferences are very far from the median voter's preferences regarding general adoption policies. Yes, I think: people are basically afraid of someone taking their kids, and people are not in fact very comfortable with trans-racial adoption.
Fabio wrote: >A more probably chain of causation is: adoption workers get legislation >passed giving them jurisdiction over adoptions (called "usurptation" >in some academic circles), then set up self-perpetuating mechanisms >that enforce unpopular policies. Since little is to be gained >from combatting these policies, few people bother to fight it. > > > Does the median voter really want ... basketcase biological > > parents can take their crying offspring away from impeccable adoptive > > parents? How about the de facto efforts to avoid trans-racial > > adoption? Etc.? I rarely expect the median voter to agree with me, but > > this seems like a case where a comfortable majority of normal Americans > > dislike the existing rules. > > You might say that people are a lot more worried about losing their own > > biological kids than they are about other people's adoptive kids being > > taken away. But I doubt that explanation is right. Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hanson.gmu.edu Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444 703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323
