Verbosity

in the early morning on Sunday, the 22nd of August 2004 by Chad

I’ll admit it, I have lost a lot of my writing skills I learned way back. I have always been a much better reader than a writer. I write on this site as a way to regain what was lost. To make up for it, I always try to link to greater missives than anything I could create. In this case, over at Dodgeblogium, there is a string of posts that are must reads for those who believe in politics.
Number 1,
Number 2, and
Number 3.
10 essays in total about the functions and responsibilities of government, what they should do, what they get wrong. In this political season, politicians can promise anything. We promise free healthcare to all, and yet have a magic policy that will prevent the abuses of socialized health care. Drug companies won’t make obscene profits, but will still be responsible to both R&D and the shareholders! Voila! And so on. But what *should* a government of a free people actually do? One of the issues I have with both parties is that they both promise to respect the freedoms of everyone. But the Democrats have exceptions, such as gun control, favoring thought police and PC values, are for high taxes and income redistribution, while the Republicans really need to drop the war on drugs and pro-censorship platforms.
Both parties need to overcome their automatic “we are for whatever they are against” views and just work together for real. No more laws can be passed except by undoing existing laws. There should be a limit on how long any law can remain on the books. The best part is, endlessly having to reapprove old laws will gunk up the system so much that new laws can only make it into the system only if they are so extremely important that it cannot be ignored.