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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (90874)10/20/2008 3:47:56 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (1) of 541625
 
Lane, I wrote:

"virtually every decision made by those in charge of promoting the public good necessarily considers both efficiency and fairness."

You replied:

"You continue to assert and reassert that it's about fairness. Reassertion isn't a persuasive argument. It isn't an argument, at all. I've pointed out where something you've deemed to be fairness based is IMO something other than fairness and you've offered no counter."

But when I'd asked:

"If you don't agree, try to think of a public policy decision that doesn't require some degree of "fairness" analysis?"

All you had to say was:

"We have some established law that sets up standards of fairness. First principles, if you will. Like your "one man, one vote." The stuff that's in the Constitution as extended by discrimination law. But for contemporary public policy issues, I'm hard pressed to think of places where fairness IS an appropriate determinant."

Instead of insisting that "reassertion isn't a persuasive argument," why not answer the question I asked so we can stop generalizing and see if my thesis holds up that public policy decisions virtually always merit some degree of a "fairness analysis?"

So, what public policy issues would you like to offer to buttress your assertion that "for contemporary public policy issues, [you're] hard pressed to think of places where fairness IS an appropriate determinant"?

Since your original post made the assertion that fairness analysis shouldn't be a consideration in setting tax rates, I'm pretty sure you'll come up with something and then at least we'll have something concrete to discuss.

Or, if you like, we can graciously disagree without getting past the generalities level of discussion. Ed
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