> (1.) The proliferation of government. The more rules you make the > more you encourage people to rely on them. That is, "hey if there > isn't a law, it must be ok."
I can agree with this. I would love to see the government shrink and for people to do what is right because it is right. Of course, in the day and age of relativism, it might be hard to for some people to agree on what is right. For me, I go by the quote I heard about porn. It went something like this: "I can't define porn, but I know it when I see it." I can't necessarily define right, but I know when I see it. > (2.) The culture of self-esteem. There's just been a study out about > college students and how narcissistic they are which is likely for the > same reason: when you focus so much on telling kids exactly when to > get to the soccer game, make sure they have the right gear, and then > you drive them there and make sure the play by rules ... and then you > don't keep score ... well, you can't blame the kids for getting a > royalty complex. At that point you're just shy of wiping for them. Sure. Living in the middle-class suburbs, I can tell you that I see a lot of parents who do everything for their kids. It seems like the moms live at the school (I bet the teachers can't stand them). I see a lot of 16 year olds with a 60K cars as well. It's nice that you can afford it, but you should probably make them earn it in some way. > The solution is what it's always been: more competition and more > market based solutions. Let the market be your stick and the amount > of government you need shrivels. Sure. I love the free market. Back to the original argument about publically funded colleges. Let the government get out of the business altogether. Let the colleges become private institutions that get their gov't money through student loans. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228957 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
