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To: axial who wrote (35406)9/2/2010 11:53:46 PM
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So what arguments does the linked piece promote?

I don't really care. I care about the quality of the argument, and the soundness of the ideas. If the ideas promote some special interest that doesn't automatically mean they are against the general interest (often they are but you can't assume that). If OTOH the ideas are pushed by someone with no agenda, that doesn't mean they are good ones.

Also if someone is pushing their special interest without rent-seeking, or without any type of force or fraud, it doesn't bother me so much. I place a higher burden on requests the government "do something", that on the idea it should not. Not an impassible burden, I'm no anarchist, but a higher burden.

Or has the private sector been underperforming

Relative to the public sector? No

milking subsidies,

Yes, but the piece didn't ask for subsidies, and I'd generally oppose them.

Could it be the private sector deserves to be "disregarded"?

When it asks for a whole bunch of special favors? Yes. When it asks to be allowed to provide a service in a relatively free market? Not usually.

As for "the big lie", if the peace was a bunch of lies, or simply false without being dishonest, the best way to address that is to counter its arguments.
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