Guest MikeSC Report post Posted November 11, 2004 Nobody is advocating an abolition of taxation. However, there are several things on your list that the government has no business, whasoever, participating in. -=Mike Which? Glad you asked: Immunizations? Gov't interference there is why we have this massive flu vaccine shortage. There wasn't a lack of them BEFORE they decided to buy them in mass quantities. Business loans? Gov't has NO business there whatsoever. If you can't sell a bank on your idea, then I shouldn't be asked to pony up the money on your behalf. Student loans? Gov't interference is the primary reason why tuition has skyrocketed. Schools charge more because they see the gov't as a bottomless pit of money. If people had to pay for school WITHOUT gov't interference, they wouldn't be able to afford it. THUS, colleges would be FORCED to drop tuition to actually get enough students to make the school profitable. Gov't funded research and development? The private market will fund it and will do it cheaply. If stem cells, to use an example, were so promising as a source of solutions to massive problems, companies would fall over themselves to try and release the first cure. A cure for paralysis would be worth untold billions and billions. Economic data collection? Also can be done more efficiently by the private community. If the gov't didn't do it, a subscription private service would arise to do the work. Also, some on the list are redundant (protection from business fraud is part of the criminal justice system). Ditto the Federal Reserve things you mentioned. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
