Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:23:57PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Christopher Nelson wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:41:47PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >
> >> You're also pricing against a limited market. If the market were more
> >>open then prices would fall as more would enter the market. On the flip side
> >>if the parents aren't paying for public schooling via taxes one would presume
> >>the money they save there could be applied to private schooling?
> >
> > It could be, but a more salient question might be, would it be applied
> > to private schooling? There are people I know who despite the evidence
> > they should, don't spend in retirement funds, etc., and probably would
> > buy an extra case of beer instead of paying their kid's tuition.
> >
> So what? Repeat after me, "the government is not a babysitter." Now,
> repeat that until you believe it. Seriously. This is the same reason
> why I believe we should abolish social security. Besides, there are
> people who now go out and buy lottery tickets or another case of beer,
> rather than food for their children. IMHO, that is more reprehensible.
> The point is, that people will be people, no matter what.
Agreed, that is more reprehensible. As for the rest (and the rest of
the thread), I see that we are at an impasse, and so I will stop
pretending I can change your views and hope the reciprocal will also
occur.
--
Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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