California Special Election & Propositions - May 19, 2009

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

The issue with all government crap is that crap that doesn't matter is always sucking up money. Necessary social programs are great. We can all list stuff we don't think is important that should be cut.

I don't want government cuts to hurt anyone anymore than I want private sector cuts to hurt anyone. But the fact is that it's necessary and it does hurt in both.

Sometimes private sector cuts are competitively necessary. Sometimes they seem like ritual gestures to appease stock analysts.

Like FDR before me, I think it is a social good for people to have jobs. As I've said before, I reject the assumption that society's organizing privately to discharge certain supposedly necessary functions is superior to its organizing publicly to discharge certain supposedly necessary functions.

I'm just guessing, but I bet if you did the math, "crap that doesn't matter" sucks up tons of money that could be better spent. "Crap that doesn't matter" is actually a nice way of putting it when we're talking tobacco, assault rifles, 2000 calorie fast food burgers, Hummers, etc. Yet somehow, this (job-creating) waste of money is an exercise of our freedom, while debatable job-creating government programs are viewed as an abuse.