On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 6:12 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Since that's what taxes do, you think it's OK, also? > > Government spending is a necessary evil that should be kept to the absolute > minimum. I have never understood this attitude. Why assume that government is inevitably the worst way to accomplish anything? Seems like there are many things that government can do better than private industry. Financial regulation, for example. Health care... I'd rather trust government, which ultimately answers to the citizenry, than private industry, which ultimately answers to stockholders. It's not that I think government does everything well. It's the knee-jerk reaction that any alternative is better that I don't get. It doesn't seem logical. Seems to me we should intelligently assess what things government is best at (which varies depending on the level of government -- cities v. counties v. states v. federal; toss in special districts for extra flavor). Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
