NinjaguyDan said:
Squilliam said:
Theres obviously a place for central and strong governance as there are no countries in the world who have thrived without it. There is also a place for a market economy as the only countries in the world whom have thrived have done so with this economic system. The main role of the government IMO is to provide stability, provide goods and services which the market would not otherwise provide, I.E. be rational in an irrational society.
The net positive gain for having a government with taxation etc in the western world is always higher than the cost of not having one at all. (1)
The level of taxation ought to be set at a level which enables the government to perform its functions.(2)
The current governments probably could go on auto-pilot for a decade and people wouldn't notice. (3)
They have legislated 99% of the issues which are important to 95% of people when applicable. I suspect the best thing which could be done in terms of governence is a clean sweep and a restart to simplify the entire system.(4)
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1 - WRONG! Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society.
2 - Government functions? According to who?
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4 - Again, according to who?
I agree with a clean sweep. The authoritarian/corporatists and the cowards who refuse to stand up to them have become entrenched in government at all levels.
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1. You can have a civilized society without taxes. The basic functions of state aren't that expensive to maintain.
2. Democratically elected representatives.
3. See they wouldn't notice. It'll be a nice period of stability and governments generally take one step back for every step forward anyway.
4. Well there are pretty much laws for anything you can think of. I suspect a period without any new laws wouldn't kill anyone.
5. Unfortunately the people who are attracted to power are the last people you'd want to elect. When was the last time a government deliberately reduced itself in size?
