>The use of labels such as this is irrational and intellectually lazy. >Tax Cuts are only spending to folks who presume that all funds which >could be potentially collected via taxation belong to the government >by right, and therefore any funds the government allows the taxpayer >to keep is spending.
Bullshit! It has nothing to do with the notion of what belongs to who. That is a childish notion that you should have grown out of in Kindergarden. Good governance requires the expenditure of capital. Taxes are how governments raise their capital. The proper level of taxation is one that permits good governance. No more, no less. >So when I make a decision on how to spend my money that is >undirected? No Tom, it is just not directed by the government. Can >you not see the difference? You need to meet your responsibilities to civilization and probably tithe to meet your responsibilities to God too. You want to be a looter and a moocher and not meet your adult responsibilities. I can't say anything nice about that. >Beer producers require labor and expensive equipment which also >requires labor. If the people want to buy beer, or other food stuff, >why not let them? Who is too say how much is too much? The >government? Why not the individual who earns the money in the first >place? The existance of civilization and government makes it possible for that person to earn that money. Without these things we get barbarism. You want the benefits, but refuse to bear the costs. Maybe you would be happier living in Zimbabwe? That looks like a fine example of a neocon paradise. >I am not insisting the government give its money away - it is not its >money in the first place! Time to put away the ways of a child. You got to share your toys. >>That is why health care is such a mess. Health care is not >>an economic good. >Of course it is, and it has been since the dawn of time. Or do you >think service labor is not an economic good? There you go again. Mislabeling things so you can draw false conclusions. >The problem is that the costs are largely divorced from those who >consume the services, preventing the market from working. Right now >with employer based insurance they have every incentive to keep their >costs down, but the patients have no leverage. Then how can the Europeans provide better health care at a much lower cost? The problem with US health care is greedy corporations siphoning off a large portion of the funds allocated to health. >Name one part of the economy where the market, unfettered by >government regulation yet governed by the rule of law does not >function well? Transportation, health care, education, law enforcement, etc. etc. And how the neocons howl when law enforcement "turns a profit" by fining red light runners. But when government is for sale they think it is just fine. >No, in large part Congress insisting that hard nose risk analysis not >govern government backed home loan programs caused the problem. That >plus Americans as a whole spending beyond their means. Blaming the Congress makes you feel better. Possibly because it represents the people more directly than other parts of the government. You won't want to blame the executive, the neocon who was the real source of the misregulation. >Can you name any sport where the referee picks sides? Where the >referee calls the plays? That is what government does all too often. Yes, that happens when the government is run by your rules. Government run as a business for personal gain. No you can't have it both ways. When the government runs acording to your rules it is bad government. Governance is not an economic good. When the neocon ideology gets involved we get corruption. >Where was the greed? The Doctor who has expenses and loans to pay >off? The nurses who assisted? The medical equipment makers? Those people are all getting screwed by the insurance companies who call the shots. That is why more and more doctors are retiring early to do something else. Running health care like a business is a very hurtful policy. >Not according to any reports I have read. Stop reading neocon propaganda sheets. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
