Comments on: A first step toward tax reform in Georgia

By: MrLiberty

MrLiberty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:06:42 +0000

Likely while you and your friends were breaking into my house, the local cops would be engaged in a drug or gambling, or protitution sting that involved violating the rights of innocent citizens who were engaged in consensual activities that the government disapproves of or objects to because they do not get their fair financial cut.

Everything government does is portioned out according to politics, while a truly free market in services (by the way, we do not have one), delivers services based on the goal of pleasing the consumer and maximizing profit. I’ll take the free market anyday. Conservatives use to as well.

By: MrLiberty

MrLiberty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:03:25 +0000

And Mr. Phantom, just exactly what service currently provided by government would actually stop you and your friends from doing the same right now to my house? Government police fill out paperwork. They do not stop crimes (unless by chance they happen to be there), and the Supreme Court has made it perfectly clear that they do not have any duty to protect an individual citizen. The best home defense would be my guns or a private alarm system linked to a monitored service that might be able to intervene on my behalf. The more money I spend, the more services I can expect to have. Certainly no so with government, where I am taxed the same as everyone else, and cannot purchase any better service than that which the politicians choose to deliver.

Again, why do we need government?

By: MrLiberty

MrLiberty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:58:47 +0000

I guess nobody has every heard of the concept of private provision of services. I am certainly not saying that security is not needed, nor roads, nor arbitration of disputes or restitution for violations of property. All I am saying is that we would all be better off if GOVERNMENT didn’t have anything to do with these services, or any services for that matter.

I know plenty of well-educated Conservatives and THEY understand this concept. By the way Mr. Phantom, I guess you have not bothered to read all of the hundreds if not thousands of stories about the abuse of police power by uniformed officers against innocent citizens. Just because government provides the service, doesn’t mean it turns out the way you want. At least when the private sector does, and there is open and free competition, you can choose another provider, or maybe even start your own service.

If all you can do is argue for the status quo, or a watered down version of it with sufficient taxation so that your favorite pet government agencies can stay in business, then you have strayed far from the conservative ideals that once enlivened the movement.

By: dewstarpath

dewstarpath — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:43:37 +0000

- About the topic at hand – the state of Georgia has
had a problem with innovation for years. This time
I agree with TechLover. If industries in the deep South
are allowed to police themselves as far as tax incentives
are concerned, it will generate a climate of endless tax-
evasion and embezzlement like never before. It will make
the usury problem look like petty larceny, with interest
charges over 100% and even 150% commonplace being
charged in poorer communities, which sadly make up the
bulk of the state’s economy.

It’s similar in scope to the bank failures, which were also
tied in to too much of an emphasis on housing and general
construction. Thomas Oliver had an excellent article on it
in Sunday’s paper.

By: dewstarpath

dewstarpath — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:14:44 +0000

- Axelfraud – “distorted world view” as in taking the topic
of tax reform in Georgia and making it about a shooting
attack at a US Army base, by your own admission.

By: David Axelfraud

David Axelfraud — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:16:28 +0000

dewstarpath, distorted world view? Well, I guess the good people at ABC news have a distorted world view etc… I mean, I did post comments from their website.

Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda

Army Major in Fort Hood Massacre Used ‘Electronic Means’ to Connect with Terrorists

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/fort-hood-shooter-contact-al-qaeda-terrorists-officials/story?id=9030873

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By: dewstarpath

dewstarpath — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:52:34 +0000

- I think I’ve figured David Axelfraud out.

He (or she) suffers from an impediment – not of speech,
but of thoughtful analysis of even the simplest variety,
and seeks to explain his distorted world view with insults
and data so obscure and irrelevant it would make even
the most wonkish Sunday-morning political pundit cringe.

I have a new name for this phenomenon – it’s called IVONICS.

IVONICS – (n.) 1. A portmanteau of “ivory” and “phonics”.
2. The use of extreme rhetoric in a manner that judges
every issue discussed using race or political bias to win
an argument.

By: Churchill's MOM

Churchill's MOM — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:31:51 +0000

Good editorial..I’m off to the Annie Oakley, catch you tomorrow.

By: Kicker

Kicker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:12:33 +0000

Non partisan sunset policies and legislative review of tax breaks is something reasonable liberals and conservatives should be able to agree on. It’s an idea that unifies rather than polarizes Americans and it deserves more thoughtful feedback than what’s been posted here so far.