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To: TigerPaw who wrote (9842)4/18/2002 10:47:45 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
" In fact that role is one of the central justifications for the government's existance, ....
Personally I would have a lot more peace of mind if the government tried to do less."

Your piecemeal approach to what you like and don't like in a government does not provide any guidance to when a governmental role is appropriate. It leads to a contridiction with a few sentences of explanation.

My approach is not piecemeal. The fact that suppression of crime is one of the central justifications for governments existence is not in contradiction to the idea that government should try to do less.

My approach is that government should protect our rights, our freedom and our property, and do things that are vital, constitutional, and not reasonably possible for the private sector to do.

"Peace of mind is not a "shared resource". Its a very individual thing. "

You would be correct if peace of mind were only allowed or protected for one person, or if it was provided on an individual case by case basis. It is a bad thing to parcel out protection that way.

My peace of mind is not your peace of mind, nor is your peace mine. Its all individual, and many of the actions that give one person peace of mind might disturb the peace of mind of someone else. If government mission is to create peace of mind that it is justified in doing almost everything or next to nothing. The idea does not provide a solid coherent rational for limiting the actions of government and it doesn't provide a good justification for the application of force that is required for a government to function.

Tim
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