I'm not sure you can draw that sort it of conclusion, Creed. Lots of charities have enormous overhead, which certainly accounts for a fair amount of that 2/3.
However, on the whole, I agree with you on the folly of expecting private charity to do what government services can for the needy. Realizing that was the largest contributor to me abandoning most libertarian ideology many years ago - I still maintain that one of government's primary roles is protecting the rights of the people - all of the people, and all of their rights - and I disagree very much with many self-described libertarians on how that ought to be accomplished.
However, on the whole, I agree with you on the folly of expecting private charity to do what government services can for the needy. Realizing that was the largest contributor to me abandoning most libertarian ideology many years ago - I still maintain that one of government's primary roles is protecting the rights of the people - all of the people, and all of their rights - and I disagree very much with many self-described libertarians on how that ought to be accomplished.
