ManusJustus said:
I dont think a lot of 'capitalists' have a good understanding of economics, specifically public goods and externalities. There are 'jobs' and technology that the free market could never provide. Only government funded programs could discover advances such as space flight, nuclear fusion and fission, and whatever advances come from the Hadron Collider. Only the government can provide roads, sidewalks, security and so forth. It upsets me when people get upset that the government is funding programs when it is mostly responsible for our comfortable modern living. If the government didnt fund such meaningless programs, we would still be living in caves. |
I don't think I have heard of anyone (except for anarchists) claim that the government has absolutely no positive role in the economy ...
With that said, when the responsibilities that are within the jurisdiction of the federal government (that only the federal government can do) account for less than 1/3 of their budget you have to admit that something is wrong.
