I can see your point in theory but in practice I'm afraid the more local or parochial government gets the more petty, corrupt and dysfunctional it becomes.
On Aug 6, 8:49 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that particular problem is resolved by removed by adhering to our > Tenth Amendment, and keeping administration of these services local. The > farther the power seat gets from the people, the less it cares. > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry. Didn't mean to cut them off. I've got a habit of cutting off > > extraneous past posts which don't respond to the most recent request. > > I suppose I should cut some slack in that though. Thanks for > > repeating. > > > I can agree with all your points including Francis' addendum but for > > one consideration -- which is not a complete impediment but one which > > must be dealt with. I'm sure all of us at one time or another have > > had occasion to contact a government agency for one reason or another > > and have been rebuffed by the bureaucratic, CYA, pass the buck, I > > don't know, my supervisor's not here, I'll hang up if you don't calm > > down firewall. This has been, in my 69 years experience, the most > > common, most persistent, most irritating complaint about anything > > government. > > > I'd have to see some progress in removing that mind set from the lower- > > level bureaucracy that we the people get to deal with before I'd feel > > comfortable trusting that much of my life to it. > > > On Aug 5, 7:44 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I outlined some in the original post, but you chopped them off! > > > > 1. Socialized medicine. > > > 2. Socialized education through a degree, trade, or technical > > certification. > > > 3. Socialized energy > > > 4. Socialized farming at the community level (see Japan's city farms) > > > 5. Socialized infrastructure which includes all basic utilities > > > > All of this supporting a free market encouraging manufacturing, > > artisanship, > > > culture, and technological innovation. All welfare type programs as we > > know > > > them would be gone (food stamps, AFDC, WIC, SS Disability), replaced by > > work > > > programs within the social infrastructure. I'd tie in paid work programs > > > which began at the high school level, and structure competition to spur > > > innovation and job creation. > > > > The ideas are complex, and would take a while to write out...perhaps a > > > different thread. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
