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“If the free-market can provide all public goods better than the government can, then is government justified? It’s a cache [sic] 22 though because the only way we can truly know if government is redundant is by getting rid of government. Most would agree this approach is too risky … and since we live in a democracy … we have to take the majority’s opinion into consideration. Rather than one button that would destroy government in one fell swoop … what if all tax payers had a button that when pushed would deprive redundant government organizations of their tax dollars? This is the pragmatarian approach.” (11/10/10) http://tinyurl.com/2uc2ofo | | Report Bad Link |
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“There are two ways for a government to be ‘pro-business.’ The first way is to avoid interfering in capitalist acts among consenting adults — that is, to keep taxes low, regulations few, and subsidies non-existent. … The second, and very different, way for government to be pro-business is to bestow favors and privileges on politically connected firms.” (11/08/10) http://www.dailyspeculations.com/wordpress/?p=5468 | | Report Bad Link |
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More work needed to expand gun rights
Daily Herald by Donald Bekeleski reply: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/comments/?id=397524 “Well it’s finally settled. The Second Amendment is as the Founding Fathers wished it to be. Every elected politician swears on the Bible to uphold the Constitution. If they do not uphold it, along with the Second Amendment, they need to be impeached.We owe a great debt of thanks to the four plaintiffs in the Otis McDonald lawsuit, as well as the two corporate plaintiffs: the Illinois State Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation.If you believe in this right granted us by the Second Amendment, consider joining the state rifle association. They put up the finances and the lawyer to win this case. You don’t have to be a gun owner to belong - just believe in freedom!” (07/31/10) http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=397524&src= | | Report Bad Link |
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“Some Utahans are campaigning for a state militia like the militia of the days of our Founding Fathers. There militia had always been universally understood to be a military recruited by private citizens, independent of the established government. It consisted of all able-bodied males, and each was required to personally own firearms (and ammunition) for self-training, be able to defend their lives and property, and be a formidable resistance to government tyranny. The Revolutionary War is a text book example.” (04/28/10) http://www.standard.net/topics/opinion/2010/04/28/militia-may-add-common-defense | | Report Bad Link |
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“I was surprised by your statement, ‘One of the fruitcake arguments spouted by rabid advocates of the Second Amendment is their need to possess weapons to protect themselves from the government’ (Cheers & Jeers, April 2). That is precisely the reason the Bill of Rights is included in the Constitution: to protect us from the government. Who else could restrict our right to speech, assembly, press and about 15 other rights? The Founding Fathers knew despots invariably restricted these rights and called in the weapons once a country was conquered. Those ‘fruitcake arguments’ made sure a despotic administration could not do the same to us. Thank heavens for the ‘rabid advocates’ who wrote our Constitution.” (04/12/10) http://tinyurl.com/y2ecp4l | | Report Bad Link |
