RE: Does Social Issues matter when deciding your political affiliation?
December 14, 2021 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: December 15, 2021 at 12:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
They're both insufficient, I've been a part of both, but I also prefer the second model - and not even for primarily ideological reasons..though it's nice to see my private ideology bear real world fruit. I've just noticed that both the grower and myself make more money, and there are more berries, in the second model. I assume there are situations in which the more liberal model is a better fit, this just doesn't seem like one of them.
Thus, I'd prefer to send conservative candidates to government...if any suitable conservatives can be found.
Generally thin on the ground of late, and that's a shame. Anymore, it's the party of treason and succession...and all I want to do is grow more berries.....
(I feel like I have to point out that both examples are full of the best people that you'd want be associated with looking out for every person in their chains. I can't get angry at an english major who works as a grant writer that stays on the team his grant created, for example. What's 50-70k between fellow citizens?)
FWIW, private incentive fosters less corruption because whatever private business the government might emulate is far less corrupt than any attempt by the government to do so. Anecdotally, there are twice as many people in the office as on the farm in a government run farm. Those people make their salary by ensuring that funding is always there, not by being good at growing berries, or more berries. In fact, they'd really rather prefer you didn't grow any more berries than would be needed to offset their salary. They can't show a profit, you see, legally.....but they also cant be seen giving product away. That's uncompetitive. A government actor tanking the earnings of private businesses competing with it. You get shut down for that, fast, and then no one gets any of the berries.
Thus, I'd prefer to send conservative candidates to government...if any suitable conservatives can be found.
Generally thin on the ground of late, and that's a shame. Anymore, it's the party of treason and succession...and all I want to do is grow more berries.....
(I feel like I have to point out that both examples are full of the best people that you'd want be associated with looking out for every person in their chains. I can't get angry at an english major who works as a grant writer that stays on the team his grant created, for example. What's 50-70k between fellow citizens?)
FWIW, private incentive fosters less corruption because whatever private business the government might emulate is far less corrupt than any attempt by the government to do so. Anecdotally, there are twice as many people in the office as on the farm in a government run farm. Those people make their salary by ensuring that funding is always there, not by being good at growing berries, or more berries. In fact, they'd really rather prefer you didn't grow any more berries than would be needed to offset their salary. They can't show a profit, you see, legally.....but they also cant be seen giving product away. That's uncompetitive. A government actor tanking the earnings of private businesses competing with it. You get shut down for that, fast, and then no one gets any of the berries.
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