Comments on: Are there “good” governments? http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2009/06/are-there-good-governments/ Sharpening my knife Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:24:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: swong http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2009/06/are-there-good-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-7366 swong Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:00:43 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/?p=1133#comment-7366 Funny, I got into an argument with a more conservative friend over balancing the California state budget. Friend: "It would be balanced if we cut programs X and Y and eliminated waste." Me: "Yeah but those only account for 2% of the deficit." Friend: "Every little bit adds up." Me: "Yeah. They add up to 2%. What about the other 98% of the deficit?" Friend: "Every little bit adds up. If we just cut the pork we wouldn't have a deficit." Me: "..." Funny, I got into an argument with a more conservative friend over balancing the California state budget.

Friend: “It would be balanced if we cut programs X and Y and eliminated waste.”
Me: “Yeah but those only account for 2% of the deficit.”
Friend: “Every little bit adds up.”
Me: “Yeah. They add up to 2%. What about the other 98% of the deficit?”
Friend: “Every little bit adds up. If we just cut the pork we wouldn’t have a deficit.”
Me: “…”

]]> By: The Bailouts are Like Paying Off Molested Children http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2009/06/are-there-good-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-7364 The Bailouts are Like Paying Off Molested Children Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:51:01 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/?p=1133#comment-7364 [...] I found it all interesting, I thought I’d just rerpoduce all of Will Ambrosini’s post about my last post here: I’m actually with Will Wilkinson when he talks up “liberaltarianism” [...] [...] I found it all interesting, I thought I’d just rerpoduce all of Will Ambrosini’s post about my last post here: I’m actually with Will Wilkinson when he talks up “liberaltarianism” [...]

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/2009/06/are-there-good-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-7363 Gabriel Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:47:58 +0000 http://www.ambrosini.us/wordpress/?p=1133#comment-7363 There are many king of things that "the State" can do, i.e. the particular institutions can vary. Ideally, the state could set and enforce rules that would allow private agents to coordinate to do stuff that they couldn't otherwise, i.e. act like a commitment device rather than a redistribution machine... but that's not realistic. There are many king of things that “the State” can do, i.e. the particular institutions can vary. Ideally, the state could set and enforce rules that would allow private agents to coordinate to do stuff that they couldn’t otherwise, i.e. act like a commitment device rather than a redistribution machine… but that’s not realistic.

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