tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post398483018088187314..comments2024-01-08T16:59:20.338+00:00Comments on Freedom and Whisky: The state marches onDavid Farrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-8297703763126072222012-09-29T19:03:45.377+01:002012-09-29T19:03:45.377+01:00David Farrer
I had a sleepless night worrying abo...David Farrer <br />I had a sleepless night worrying about all those who'll starve in Scotland this winter. <br /> <br />You see, I'd quite forgotten that we don't have a National Food Service. <br /> <br />Seriously, if you think that the state (the taxpayer, in reality) should subsidise people's housing or health (or education for that matter) the best way to do so is by issuing David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-60248863995114677602012-09-29T19:03:28.284+01:002012-09-29T19:03:28.284+01:00David Farrer
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Back in the days when I studie...David Farrer <br />bc <br /> <br />Back in the days when I studied a bit of law I was always impressed with all those 18th and 19th Century cases involving common or garden matters in which the courts came up with the obviously just solutions. I don’t recall a case about adulterated sausages but the courts of old could certainly have dealt with it satisfactorily under principles acceptable to David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-87334553992518055782012-09-29T19:02:02.867+01:002012-09-29T19:02:02.867+01:00Comments made on previous template:
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Thanks fo...Comments made on previous template:<br /><br />bc <br />Thanks for the reply david. I think that it therefore does come down to axioms. I am an anti-foundationalist, I don't think that we can prescribe, describe or otherwise distill perfectly simple axiomatic rules that should underly society. <br /> <br />The axiom of "the use of force" being always wrong is therefore not one I David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-57756396151430630552012-09-29T19:00:33.709+01:002012-09-29T19:00:33.709+01:00Neil Craig
House prices are 4 times what they wou...Neil Craig <br />House prices are 4 times what they would be without state intervention (over the last century they have gone up 4 times faster than the RPI). Without the state there would be no real housing problem & similar things apply in many areas. <br /> <br />I don't agree with David about the complete disappearance of the state but it should certainly be shrunk to 10-20% of GNP David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-4395324069534835802012-09-29T18:58:44.113+01:002012-09-29T18:58:44.113+01:00Comments made on previous template:
BlogsTricks-P...Comments made on previous template:<br /><br />BlogsTricks-PR3 <br />hye there,care to exchange link ?? Blogger Tips | Tricks | SEO<br /><br />8 November 2009, 08:54:18 GMT<br />– Like – Reply<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />D H <br />Simoh <br /> <br />"An independent Scotland is coming. Lets make it a compassionate one." <br /> <br />There is no reason why Scotland as a whole can&David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.com