That would be something for the voters in that particular location to figure out. While other districts could figure out how to actually improve their educational systems. There is real value to the laboratory view of government. Kansas couldn't actually keep their out dated notions and people could look to proven models to improve their own districts.
How long can creationism be taught in a particular school district before the district is discredited? How long would parents allow their kids to be shut out from secular higher education. This would self correct itself.
I'm with you E.D. on most of your points. However, I don't favor increased mobility of labor. I would also encourage a more robust Federalism which would take care of a lot of the foreign affairs problems and also speak, to some degree, to traditional values which differ from one location to another.
I live in Vancouver as well. I'll be leaving for the three weeks of the Olympics. We live in N False Creek and I have no interest in going through security to leave my building. The only positive thing I can say about the Olympics is that at least it gave us well thought out infrastructure spending instead of just going off half-cocked with stimulus spending.
I like showing off Van least of all. I'm a regionalist and don't care for any more density than we already have. The big surprise is that the MSM hasn't covered the slug flue and the ensuing pandemic that's coming.
Virgin is doing better at space flight than what NASA's been able to innovate recently. I'm not all that fond of interstate travel, and 'Bama? In the words of my new home, "let the bastards freeze in the dark". Taking our school money to pay for their war mongering is socialism at its worst.
Washington get's something like $.80 to the dollar on federal spending. We could be %19 less efficient and still come out ahead. And, of course, the social issues....
Once we get done paying for the empire we can talk about the moon. Considering a world where you can't get from Kansas to Portland in one smooth shot will constitute my fantasy fodder for the afternoon. California is roughly equivalent to France, Washington to Sweden. There are areas where cooperation would be beneficial but claiming that current States couldn't do better than the hash we have is pure denial.
"Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, NASA, I-75, etc" Hey, lovely programs. Wouldn't want to be without them. Still, all and all, I'd rather my own State take responsibility for them. I'd rather be bargaining with California on how to match a highway system or implementing environmental controls than including Georgia in the mix.
I certainly believe in the right to secession and the right to extreme armament. I don't believe that medicare is unconstitutional just the way it's funded.
and up is down and black is white. What could possibly be the problem with a huge unaccountable government? The American people will always elect good guys to run it.
You're losing me here Ryan. I think many tenthers rely on traditional notions of meaning/reading/constitutional law. For many the intent is to provide a "coherent set of rules" that the "living tree" reading lacks.
" I’d drop the idea of the registry, but still don’t think people should be walking around with the kind of armaments you’d expect on a battlefield."
In Switzerland men are required to keep military guns at home in order to quickly mobilize in the event of invasion. I believe it's been that way for ages. It's how they structured the defense.
In the U.S. the right to gun ownership was guaranteed as a check and balance to the possible power of a Federal Government run amuck. Now even the biggest automatic weapon isn't going to stop the black helicopters, but that was the original intent.
"Sooner or later the holders of all those US dollars have to either start buying things from the US (and the US has -plenty- to sell) with them otherwise their well we end up pretty much where we are right now."
Yes, and now what. I'm not interested in a GM auto. If I come from the wrong country, I can't invest in port facilities. Personally, I'm waiting for things to unwind a bit more to buy some beach front property or some farm land in Lynden. I remember the Japanese purchasing a good chunk of California in the '80s. Perhaps this is due to repeat.
The macro model has been to rely on the American consumer as the global generator. Now that this model is coming to its logical conclusion I don't see how this gets unwound without profound changes. When its still cheaper for China to use unskilled workers over automation, I don't see a place for anything more than a "jobless recovery" on this side of the ledger.
Canada got themselves out of PET's deficits. Of course, the cons up here are doing a good job of spending Canada back. The U.S. could do the same if they didn't have the empire to support.
For an example on the other side. I've moved to Canada largely because I believe the U.S. is unstable and unsafe for my family. Though the tax liabilities up here are uncomfortable to be sure, the stability and security of a society that is realistic is worth the price to me. Voting with your feet will be a sign of both over taxation and, for those that can afford to relocate, underserviced. The U.S. suffers from a flight from reality (I can get a working society for free) but it also lacks the social cohesion that would encourage the wealthy to stick it out to make sure the whole experiment holds together.
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On “Education & Autonomy”
All eggs in one basket? I hope you're joking.
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That would be something for the voters in that particular location to figure out. While other districts could figure out how to actually improve their educational systems. There is real value to the laboratory view of government. Kansas couldn't actually keep their out dated notions and people could look to proven models to improve their own districts.
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How long can creationism be taught in a particular school district before the district is discredited? How long would parents allow their kids to be shut out from secular higher education. This would self correct itself.
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If Federal taxes were lower, local taxes could be increased.
On “Libertoryanism”
I'm with you E.D. on most of your points. However, I don't favor increased mobility of labor. I would also encourage a more robust Federalism which would take care of a lot of the foreign affairs problems and also speak, to some degree, to traditional values which differ from one location to another.
On “Prospects for Reclaiming Intellectual Conservatism”
"(Full disclosure: I have been banned from Redstate.)"
Braggart
On “Good News for Chicago: The Olympics Suck Edition”
"a so-called museum city"
An interesting concept but I didn't find anything that matched on a quick google.
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I live in Vancouver as well. I'll be leaving for the three weeks of the Olympics. We live in N False Creek and I have no interest in going through security to leave my building. The only positive thing I can say about the Olympics is that at least it gave us well thought out infrastructure spending instead of just going off half-cocked with stimulus spending.
I like showing off Van least of all. I'm a regionalist and don't care for any more density than we already have. The big surprise is that the MSM hasn't covered the slug flue and the ensuing pandemic that's coming.
On “Hayek on Health Insurance”
What? Federal judges don't want to limit the power of the federal government? Shocking. Can't industry just police itself?
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Virgin is doing better at space flight than what NASA's been able to innovate recently. I'm not all that fond of interstate travel, and 'Bama? In the words of my new home, "let the bastards freeze in the dark". Taking our school money to pay for their war mongering is socialism at its worst.
"
Washington get's something like $.80 to the dollar on federal spending. We could be %19 less efficient and still come out ahead. And, of course, the social issues....
"
Once we get done paying for the empire we can talk about the moon. Considering a world where you can't get from Kansas to Portland in one smooth shot will constitute my fantasy fodder for the afternoon. California is roughly equivalent to France, Washington to Sweden. There are areas where cooperation would be beneficial but claiming that current States couldn't do better than the hash we have is pure denial.
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"Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, NASA, I-75, etc" Hey, lovely programs. Wouldn't want to be without them. Still, all and all, I'd rather my own State take responsibility for them. I'd rather be bargaining with California on how to match a highway system or implementing environmental controls than including Georgia in the mix.
"
I certainly believe in the right to secession and the right to extreme armament. I don't believe that medicare is unconstitutional just the way it's funded.
"
and up is down and black is white. What could possibly be the problem with a huge unaccountable government? The American people will always elect good guys to run it.
"
You're losing me here Ryan. I think many tenthers rely on traditional notions of meaning/reading/constitutional law. For many the intent is to provide a "coherent set of rules" that the "living tree" reading lacks.
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??? I thought it was the other way around. If it doesn't say it, and my State doesn't claim it, don't I get to keep it?
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I'm with you there. California has an Air National Guard. The Guards need to be returned to the States.
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"Rather they seek a calm, rational, public, open discussion with the goal of finding the process that will serve the citizenry best."
That's hilarious.
On “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town”
" I’d drop the idea of the registry, but still don’t think people should be walking around with the kind of armaments you’d expect on a battlefield."
In Switzerland men are required to keep military guns at home in order to quickly mobilize in the event of invasion. I believe it's been that way for ages. It's how they structured the defense.
In the U.S. the right to gun ownership was guaranteed as a check and balance to the possible power of a Federal Government run amuck. Now even the biggest automatic weapon isn't going to stop the black helicopters, but that was the original intent.
On “the last fiscal conservative”
"Sooner or later the holders of all those US dollars have to either start buying things from the US (and the US has -plenty- to sell) with them otherwise their well we end up pretty much where we are right now."
Yes, and now what. I'm not interested in a GM auto. If I come from the wrong country, I can't invest in port facilities. Personally, I'm waiting for things to unwind a bit more to buy some beach front property or some farm land in Lynden. I remember the Japanese purchasing a good chunk of California in the '80s. Perhaps this is due to repeat.
The macro model has been to rely on the American consumer as the global generator. Now that this model is coming to its logical conclusion I don't see how this gets unwound without profound changes. When its still cheaper for China to use unskilled workers over automation, I don't see a place for anything more than a "jobless recovery" on this side of the ledger.
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Then why is the U.S. on the wrong side of trade imbalances with nearly every trading partner? How is this sustainable?
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Canada got themselves out of PET's deficits. Of course, the cons up here are doing a good job of spending Canada back. The U.S. could do the same if they didn't have the empire to support.
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If the U.S. doesn't find products, services, or exceptional growth in productivity that will happen anyway.
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For an example on the other side. I've moved to Canada largely because I believe the U.S. is unstable and unsafe for my family. Though the tax liabilities up here are uncomfortable to be sure, the stability and security of a society that is realistic is worth the price to me. Voting with your feet will be a sign of both over taxation and, for those that can afford to relocate, underserviced. The U.S. suffers from a flight from reality (I can get a working society for free) but it also lacks the social cohesion that would encourage the wealthy to stick it out to make sure the whole experiment holds together.
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