Fallacy, state and utopia
Unqualified Offerings
by Thoreau
03/29/08
A common statement regarding the incompetence of the Bush administration is that people who don’t believe government can solve a problem shouldn’t be in charge of running it. Whatever the merits or demerits of that statement, let’s get one thing straight: The Bush administration does think that the government can solve problems. They just don’t feel like using it to try to solve the problems that you care about. They’re more interested in solving such problems as their cronies’ need for easy money. Whether or not libertarians are competent to run a government program may be a fascinating discussion to have, but it has no bearing on the Bush administration. They may have tossed out a few lines of libertarian rhetoric here and there, but they never acted on it...
http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2008/03/29/8057
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thoreau
by Thoreau
03/29/08
A common statement regarding the incompetence of the Bush administration is that people who don’t believe government can solve a problem shouldn’t be in charge of running it. Whatever the merits or demerits of that statement, let’s get one thing straight: The Bush administration does think that the government can solve problems. They just don’t feel like using it to try to solve the problems that you care about. They’re more interested in solving such problems as their cronies’ need for easy money. Whether or not libertarians are competent to run a government program may be a fascinating discussion to have, but it has no bearing on the Bush administration. They may have tossed out a few lines of libertarian rhetoric here and there, but they never acted on it...
http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2008/03/29/8057
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Thoreau
rudkla - 31. Mär, 11:48
