It's Almost As If Government is Unnecessary
Wow...every time Trump's republican congress cuts something that people actually want, private donations surge and that thing becomes better funded than it was before the cuts. It's almost as if people ARE willing to voluntarily pay for stuff that benefits society. It's almost as if--man, I know I'm going out on a limb here, but it's almost as if taxation is not the best or most efficient way to fund things.
Is it possible that taxation, apart from being theft, serves as an unnecessary maze of middlemen, between the people and what they want?
Could it be that greed and apathy aren't humanity's primary attributes? Could it be that most individuals are capable of civic responsibility and generosity on a voluntary basis??? Is it possible that we've just relied on the government to do this stuff for us for so long that our responsibility and generosity muscles have atrophied a bit, and we just need to give them a little exercise?
Do you think, now that these projects are privately funded, that maybe they will be able to do even more good with the same amount, or even with less money, since the costs inherent to bureaucracy will be eliminated? I know it sounds crazy, but...
Wait, wait, wait. Could we apply this success to other areas of life and society, beyond Planned Parenthood and Meals on Wheels and the Endowment for the Arts? Is it possible that this same method of voluntary funding could work for schools? Healthcare for the poor? Environmental protection? ROADS???
I'm gonna have to marinate on this for a while.
Limited government is good, but no government is great! :) If there were no taxation and inflation destroying people's wealth, there would be plenty of money to fund programs that the government deems "too important to let the market handle."
I don't think it is fair to say that the natural order of things is Anarchy.
We started on this earth with no political or social systems, and we've ended up with what we have today.
I think anarchy, in order to persist, has to be artificially maintained by some sort of outside institution.
If there isn't such an institution then history will simply repeat and in the long run we will end up once more with a sort of system like what we have today.
As for birth control or senior benefits, I wouldn't be surprised if more people are willing to fund the creation of an action figure once, rather than a repeating amount towards people they will never see or benefit from.
I simply do no believe that private charity can function adequately enough to provide for the needy.
Of course, I sympathize with the position of the above average successful person not wanting to be burdened with the needs of those less capable and successful than themselves.
It is truly terrible to have done well and then have the satisfaction stolen away from you by people who either aren't able or willing to do the same.
It is much harder to create rather than destroy.
"I think anarchy, in order to persist, has to be artificially maintained by some sort of institution."
Well, then, it wouldn't be anarchy, would it?
Exactly. Absolute anarchy, no matter how nice it maybe would be in the short term and how good the arguments are for that, is impossible to retain long-term. A government system will always develop. It always has, every time. Without any kind of systemic check on system-making, people will make a system.
Right on.
It certainly isn't as necessary as the politicians would have us believe. The fat needs trimmed.
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