A couple of articles caught my eye today. Both highlight the point of how government impact our lives negatively. Contrary to this guy who believes the opposite is true.
From Le Quebecois Libre:
"...In Western countries, state social policy intended to benefit society has over the long term done much to undermine the traditional family structure, with a sharp rise in single parent families. Likewise, state economic policy, perhaps intended to create a perpetual economic boom, actually contributed to economic instability by fostering the business cycle of boom and bust. During the early 1990s, state economists believed that they could enable a perpetual economic boom in the high tech and information sectors of the economy, but political-economic management of that economic sector resulted in its meltdown by the year 2000.
A large segment of a nation’s children live in homes that are being negatively impacted by the combination of state social policy, state economic policy and state tax policy. Single parents whose careers have been adversely impacted by the fallout from state economic policy may have a very limited capacity to nurture the emotional needs of their young children. Affected children may reach out outside the home to meet those emotional needs, increasing the likelihood of children competing with each other for the attention of schoolteachers and even gang leaders...."
Never mind about how recent development of judges over turning a parent's punishment for the children or siding with sons and daughters who take their parents to court for the most inane of issues including demanding they pay for their education. This is not good no matter what one may think in my view.
Never mind about how child services over zealously threaten families for merely letting their kids play outside alone as we've seen in Maryland recently.
Never mind what DCS in Massachusetts did to the Pelletier family.
Never mind how police in Florida hounded a 90 year-old Good Samaritan for feeding the poor and homeless from his home.
Yeah, yeah. I'm a crazy extremist:
Never mind Norway is looking to actually put people who do this in jail.
I'm sure someone could write a book culling similar stories across the West.
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So this story about a community refrigerator shut down by - who else? - got me thinking about the unseen consequences of government constantly shutting down free, spontaneous innovation.
Well, for one thing, it discourages it.
Think of it.
How many ideas, innovative movements and achievements do we leave on the table whenever the long arm of the bureaucracy steps in? Most people, being pragmatic, would rather not deal with the hassle (and face just how absurd things can get) thus leaving an idea stuck and even lost in their own private thoughts.
The main problem of government is not necessarily - though it should not be ignored by any means - the money it sucks and wastes out of the economy via bureaucrats thinking up ways to slap people down leaving a negative impact on the economy at large. Contrary to what they say on the other side, the government doesn't spurn growth - YOU AND I do.
To me, acting as a deterrent that prevent innovation is far more serious. It's the invisible cost.
And when something is clearly wanted by consumers and the free enterprise system steps in, like say Uber, entrenched interests look to destroy it. No one likes to see their monopoly or unionized coop busted up by consumers armed with free choice.
Same with minimum wage and other government initiatives. We can never really know what progress we could have made.
The difference could be a single percentage point on our GDP every single year.
Instead, they put up so many obstacles only super-driven people still put up the headache.
Our goal is to set free those minds not interested in being bogged down in red tape but have great ideas. Those people shouldn't be stuck in a dead-end job when they can be giving so much more. They walk among us. The girl sitting next to you on the bus. The guy you see sitting on a park bench. The seasoned gentleman buying bread.
Many have thoughts and ideas.
We need to get it out. Not suppress it.
From Le Quebecois Libre:
"...In Western countries, state social policy intended to benefit society has over the long term done much to undermine the traditional family structure, with a sharp rise in single parent families. Likewise, state economic policy, perhaps intended to create a perpetual economic boom, actually contributed to economic instability by fostering the business cycle of boom and bust. During the early 1990s, state economists believed that they could enable a perpetual economic boom in the high tech and information sectors of the economy, but political-economic management of that economic sector resulted in its meltdown by the year 2000.
A large segment of a nation’s children live in homes that are being negatively impacted by the combination of state social policy, state economic policy and state tax policy. Single parents whose careers have been adversely impacted by the fallout from state economic policy may have a very limited capacity to nurture the emotional needs of their young children. Affected children may reach out outside the home to meet those emotional needs, increasing the likelihood of children competing with each other for the attention of schoolteachers and even gang leaders...."
Never mind about how recent development of judges over turning a parent's punishment for the children or siding with sons and daughters who take their parents to court for the most inane of issues including demanding they pay for their education. This is not good no matter what one may think in my view.
Never mind about how child services over zealously threaten families for merely letting their kids play outside alone as we've seen in Maryland recently.
Never mind what DCS in Massachusetts did to the Pelletier family.
Never mind how police in Florida hounded a 90 year-old Good Samaritan for feeding the poor and homeless from his home.
Yeah, yeah. I'm a crazy extremist:
Never mind Norway is looking to actually put people who do this in jail.
I'm sure someone could write a book culling similar stories across the West.
****
So this story about a community refrigerator shut down by - who else? - got me thinking about the unseen consequences of government constantly shutting down free, spontaneous innovation.
Well, for one thing, it discourages it.
Think of it.
How many ideas, innovative movements and achievements do we leave on the table whenever the long arm of the bureaucracy steps in? Most people, being pragmatic, would rather not deal with the hassle (and face just how absurd things can get) thus leaving an idea stuck and even lost in their own private thoughts.
The main problem of government is not necessarily - though it should not be ignored by any means - the money it sucks and wastes out of the economy via bureaucrats thinking up ways to slap people down leaving a negative impact on the economy at large. Contrary to what they say on the other side, the government doesn't spurn growth - YOU AND I do.
To me, acting as a deterrent that prevent innovation is far more serious. It's the invisible cost.
And when something is clearly wanted by consumers and the free enterprise system steps in, like say Uber, entrenched interests look to destroy it. No one likes to see their monopoly or unionized coop busted up by consumers armed with free choice.
Same with minimum wage and other government initiatives. We can never really know what progress we could have made.
The difference could be a single percentage point on our GDP every single year.
Instead, they put up so many obstacles only super-driven people still put up the headache.
Our goal is to set free those minds not interested in being bogged down in red tape but have great ideas. Those people shouldn't be stuck in a dead-end job when they can be giving so much more. They walk among us. The girl sitting next to you on the bus. The guy you see sitting on a park bench. The seasoned gentleman buying bread.
Many have thoughts and ideas.
We need to get it out. Not suppress it.
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