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Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:46:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> > That's fine for the people who can afford to do so. Wouldn't this create a
> > set of uber communities that had all the services, and lower class
> > communities that had no services and people couldn't afford to move out of?
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> I don't think so. My feeling is that the reason we have so much crime is
> that there are so many people who have little or nothing to lose, so the
> potential gain from crime is tremendous. Seems to me that in this case the
> best way to reduce crime is to better the lot of the poor.
So you would agree that education and poverty are areas which could do a lot
more than they do now if they were more efficient with the money they recieve?
Reorganise away, but remember that the Market isn't neccessarily the best
optimiser, perhaps the easiest though..
> > How are children supposed to move to different community anyway? Or is it
> > fine to deny them the right to educate themselves because the concept of tax
> > is supposedly evil?
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> Well, my parents chose which communities we lived in while I was growing up
> based partly on the quality of the schools.
And those parents who can't afford to move?
> However, I also believe that in Liberatopia, the poor communities WILL be
> taken care of. There are plenty of charities which will step in (and are
> already involved). Companies will start spending on schools in less
> advantaged areas as the labor market gets tighter.
Assuming that making systems and services more efficient won't cost millions of
jobs.. oh wait!
Either way, if not handled properly Libertopia would be a lot worse before it
started becoming better.
> Don't worry, they same
> (or more) money will be spent. The difference will be that instead of
> politicians spending the money to win popularity contests, the charities
> will be vyeing for your hard earned dollars, which you are going to spend on
> the charity which accomplishes the most bang for its buck.
Ah, so the charities are like a mini dollar-electable government?
Richard
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