[lit-ideas] Re: Ye Olde Dialectic
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:52:49 -0400
Eric Yost wrote:
"Please be patient and explain its significance if you want."
1. Government does what needs to be done when the people can't do it.
2. There are no responsibilities of government except those determined by 1.
3. If the people can do it, government cannot be shirking its responsibilities
by not also doing it.
Significance: One cannot hold government responsible for cutting programs when
those programs merely duplicate what is being done by the people.
Conclusion: There is only the appearance of a dilemma with regards to
supporting charity because of the faulty assumption that government has
responsibilities beyond those it actually has.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Toronto, ON
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