Comments on: Explaining Government Failure

By: Co-operative power —> to the people « Brooklyn! Sup?

Co-operative power —> to the people « Brooklyn! Sup? — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:59:21 +0000

[...] instead of abandoning government altogether, perhaps it’s worth recognizing that there is a set of policies out there that could [...]

By: hayley

hayley — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:57:12 +0000

¨behind most government failures one finds bad motives¨
Disagree, full stop

“Government can’t fix problems, full stop.”
Disagree, full stop

But I´m not going to harass you, you use sound reasoning and impressive insight.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:13:10 +0000

I hereby admit, on behalf of myself and my left-leaning friends, that we Democrat types believe that we know who is good and who is evil. We know that Bush and Raegan were bad people, and that’s why we dislike them. Everything, for us, is black and white.

Phew! There’s a load off my chest.

Let’s look at your statement: “Government can’t fix problems, full stop.”

Firstly, I admire your British use of the words “full stop” instead of “period.” Classy. Secondly, what about the government’s role in leveling externalities by levying taxes? For example, you yourself said that the most effective way to slow climate change down would be to levy a carbon tax. The free market can’t do that for you, can it?

~Thomas