Sunday, July 08, 2012

Towards A Smaller State

People are quite receptive to reducing the size of the State if you ask them some simple questions.One would be 'who do you think should determine the kind of school your child attends,the State or you?' or''who should decide what sort of medical care you receive,you or the State?'Or 'who should decide what charities you support,you or the State?'The questions could go on like 'who should decide what art you pay for, you or the State?'All of these are no brainers.No one but a dyed in the wool Socialist would answer 'the state' to any of the above.And yet we see the State expand exponentially removing choice from people in more and more areas.This can only mean that it is expanding by default,in the absence of such questions being posed.If you offer people a real choice between freedom and slavery who would choose the latter but masochists?

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