MadMonkey wrote:
----------> STRIKE 15) The people have the right to regulate industry however they see fit.
----------> STRIKE 16) We should be happy to pay taxes
----------> STRIKE 17) We should bring criminal charges against corrupt politicians
That's probably enough random statements to start. I wonder if any of them can survive even a few posts.
Edit: Lots of strikes, and several others are in question.[b]
Strike 15: not just any way. If regulation is arbitrary then no one's property is safe from the envious. There has to be a recognizable public good that justifies regulation and no more regulation than is necessary should be imposed.
Strike 16: I would rather put it this way. Some taxes are necessary for public safety and order. The underlying reason is that not all of the human race exercises due self control. Governments (and the taxes necessary to run them) exist because mankind is not Good. And that is nothing to be happy about. We do what we do because we have little other choice.
Strike 17: Absolutely. Political corruption is not only criminal it is Betrayal of the most basic sort. If regulatory power must be exerted let it conform to the highest ethical norms.
ruveyn
31 Jan 2013, 1:51 am
