They tried with The Articles of Confederation, a mostly better long term limit on central government, but it had the huge flaw of allowing states to have tariffs on between state trade.
The Civil Rights Act, which seems to now be destroying our country, as Goldwater warned against, seemed needed to stop Jim Crow type illegal segregation (…
They tried with The Articles of Confederation, a mostly better long term limit on central government, but it had the huge flaw of allowing states to have tariffs on between state trade.
The Civil Rights Act, which seems to now be destroying our country, as Goldwater warned against, seemed needed to stop Jim Crow type illegal segregation (by Democrats).
Most current problems have been created or increased due to govt laws passed to reduce other problems. That’s inevitable. Wise solutions minimize the unintended problems created. But all solutions involve multiple trade offs.
The lack of discussions about trade offs is the least wise thing our media and edu org do.
Would it not have been an easy matter to make bi-lateral or multi-lateral, inter-state trade agreements - trade is always two-way to the advantage of each party? We have been doing that for some time now between Countries, globally. You have NAFTA too, so it doesn’t seem beyond the competence of the people back then to come up with deals, without having to inflict Leviathan upon themselves.
There are no solutions, just trade-offs, but as you say there is a lack of proper public discussion. Trade-offs benefit the political class and their clients and cronies, not us.
They tried with The Articles of Confederation, a mostly better long term limit on central government, but it had the huge flaw of allowing states to have tariffs on between state trade.
The Civil Rights Act, which seems to now be destroying our country, as Goldwater warned against, seemed needed to stop Jim Crow type illegal segregation (by Democrats).
Most current problems have been created or increased due to govt laws passed to reduce other problems. That’s inevitable. Wise solutions minimize the unintended problems created. But all solutions involve multiple trade offs.
The lack of discussions about trade offs is the least wise thing our media and edu org do.
Would it not have been an easy matter to make bi-lateral or multi-lateral, inter-state trade agreements - trade is always two-way to the advantage of each party? We have been doing that for some time now between Countries, globally. You have NAFTA too, so it doesn’t seem beyond the competence of the people back then to come up with deals, without having to inflict Leviathan upon themselves.
There are no solutions, just trade-offs, but as you say there is a lack of proper public discussion. Trade-offs benefit the political class and their clients and cronies, not us.