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Entry: Ron Paul versus the PC Brigade: A Strange Silence From the Beltway Boys Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_versus_the_pc_brigade_a_strange_silence_from_the_beltway_boys#14906 Post contents: Adriana, It sounds like you believe the government to have perfect 'balance in assessing the needs of the soul', or at least to be able to decide better than us, as individuals? Is that what you meant? A good example might be our military members, who on average commit fewer crimes than other citizens. But when you realize that their attention has just been shifted to other things like porn, sugar, alcohol, and especially not getting killed, you have to wonder if they're really more of an asset to America than if they'd been left to the free market for employment. I, personally, may be one like you describe, having trouble growing up, but I think its mainly because the government has made it practically impossible for me to earn money on an adult level anymore. Protectionist policies keep underperforming employees in high-paying jobs, and inflation eats the gains we all make, leaving us less to ourselves to improve our lives. If they'd get their noses out of our employers' business, and their hands out of our citizens pockets, and their interventions out of our lives, we'd all be much better off. I may be asocial, because as a diabetic, I can't drink alcohol (or even the sugared-drinks served with it) when my friends want to go to the bar. Like my friends, I like to get ripped sometimes too, and marijuana is a very similar high to alcohol, but using it can subject one to police intervention, so again, government intervention is involved in creating the problem you complain about. Why should my non-diabetic friends be able to let loose, while my only safe intoxicant (and pain/stress relief) can land me in jail? In your conclusion, you make an excellent point in saying that both power and a lack of it have corrupting effects. We are all rendered less well off when power is disparate and unearned. Most of us live our lives respecting our fellow humans as equals, instead of deserving of such (unearned) differences in power. A person free of this respect for their fellow man would seem the most likely to want to continue the disparity. Sent at: 2008 10 06