Thursday, September 27, 2007
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Author contends that promotion of the public welfare, beyond Constitutional guarantees, amounts to charity and isn't the business of government.
Admirably libertarian sentiment, but do we really want to rely on private philanthropy to fill the gap, as it were, between Constitutionally-mandated government responsibilities and a civilized standard of living?
I'm uncomfortable with the ever-proliferating "rights" promulgated mostly by the political left, so I'm not arguing that healthcare should be considered a 'right' on equal footing to life, property, or security of person.
But it seems to me there's a middle way: we agree (by proxy, through elected representatives) to be taxed in order to support infrastructure and services from which we all benefit, and which aren't amenable to private/market solutions. Not a libertarian thought. I own my naivete - but what's so wrong with this?
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