> 1. Open government Good idea; that's why we already have sunshine laws, Freedom of Information Act & discovery rules for trials.
> 2. Public [ly financed] elections It's bad enough to pay the salaries of the clowns we elect. I don't want to pay for their job hunting expenses too. > 3. Local media If this is really a value for locals, let them pay the going rate themselves. >4. Income tax only on the top 20% of incomes. A business that makes a product for $60 & sells it for $100, pays income tax on $40. A worker that lives on $60 & earns $100, should pay income tax on $40. Your suggestion is arbitrary. >5. Freedom of ideas > Current copyright laws are obscene and should be repealed. This is ignorance of the value of copyright laws; they do not restrict freedom of ideas. (When did you ever hear someone say: "I wish I knew what Pirsig says, but damn those copyright laws.") Copyright laws serve (1) the moral purpose of assuring an author receives deserved payment for his work & (2) the practical purpose of promoting the creation of ideas. > 6. Informed Juries In the marketplace of ideas we can allow falsehoods, half-truths, dubious claims, crazy theories, along with good evidence & well-supported theories. In the long run, the latter two should win out. A trial is different--it is one shot at determining the truth. If an innocent person is convicted, we cannot make up for it by freeing a guilty one. That is why hearsay & prejudicial statements, even if true, are not allowed in trials. Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
