02-17-2022, 04:00 PM
(02-17-2022, 12:49 PM)pyropappy Wrote:(02-17-2022, 09:47 AM)Duchess Wrote: We think it sucks, but what's the alternative when it comes to all the things that our tax dollars fund?
how about getting government out of the charity business altogether? let's do what the founders did and let the free market solve these problems. before you say it; you better check your facts. History is on my side.
The problem with that sort of thinking is that there are no socio-economic theories that can withstand the vagaries of human nature. None. The only thing that can overcome corruption is virtue, and that isn't something that can be legislated. People have to embrace it of their own free will.