Comments on: How About Some Government Governance? http://www.theagitator.com/2003/09/21/how-about-some-government-governance/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Max B. Sawicky http://www.theagitator.com/2003/09/21/how-about-some-government-governance/comment-page-1/#comment-29992 Max B. Sawicky Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:12:19 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3139#comment-29992 You can hardly fault Bill Clinton for leaving the budget in the best shape it had been in for decades, if not quite as good as we were led to believe (by, among others, the Congressional Budget Office). Hindsight is 20-20 but at the time (January 2001), the rosy projections were conservative, given the available information. If you think it's easy to project budget outcomes, try doing it for FY2004 and see how close you get. The rest of that stuff is mostly the dirty deeds of right wingers, so to that right on. cheers. You can hardly fault Bill Clinton for leaving the budget in the best shape it had been in for decades, if not quite as good as we were led to believe (by, among others, the Congressional Budget Office). Hindsight is 20-20 but at the time (January 2001), the rosy projections were conservative, given the available information. If you think it’s easy to project budget outcomes, try doing it for FY2004 and see how close you get.

The rest of that stuff is mostly the dirty deeds of right wingers, so to that right on.

cheers.

]]> By: Mark S. http://www.theagitator.com/2003/09/21/how-about-some-government-governance/comment-page-1/#comment-29991 Mark S. Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:36:32 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3139#comment-29991 Thank god they actually include hyperlinks now instead of those annoying 'search' links. Oh, great article by the way. Thank god they actually include hyperlinks now instead of those annoying ‘search’ links. Oh, great article by the way.

]]> By: Joe Sims http://www.theagitator.com/2003/09/21/how-about-some-government-governance/comment-page-1/#comment-29990 Joe Sims Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:23:19 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3139#comment-29990 Is that the same Tim Cavanaugh who wrote "99 Dead Baboons", a continual favorite of the Doctor Demento crowd? Is that the same Tim Cavanaugh who wrote “99 Dead Baboons”, a continual favorite of the Doctor Demento crowd?

]]> By: Mick O'Halloran http://www.theagitator.com/2003/09/21/how-about-some-government-governance/comment-page-1/#comment-29989 Mick O'Halloran Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:28:50 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3139#comment-29989 Radley, I just recently discovered your web log and from it, your latest Fox News column "Investing in Government Yields Low Returns". What a delight! Your column leaves me with a question for limited-government libertarians: why do you advocate competition and creative destruction in the marketplace, and monopoly in the protection of life and property and in the arbitration of disputes? What makes you think a monopoly that can't be swept aside by bankruptcy can somehow form the basis of a free society? Who will limit this government when it owns most of the weapons? Isn't "government" just a sanitized term for "protection racket"? Great work Radley. Keep it up! Mick Radley,

I just recently discovered your web log and from it, your latest Fox News column “Investing in Government Yields Low Returns”. What a delight!

Your column leaves me with a question for limited-government libertarians: why do you advocate competition and creative destruction in the marketplace, and monopoly in the protection of life and property and in the arbitration of disputes? What makes you think a monopoly that can’t be swept aside by bankruptcy can somehow form the basis of a free society? Who will limit this government when it owns most of the weapons? Isn’t “government” just a sanitized term for “protection racket”?

Great work Radley. Keep it up!

Mick

]]> By: Terry http://www.theagitator.com/2003/09/21/how-about-some-government-governance/comment-page-1/#comment-29988 Terry Sun, 21 Sep 2003 18:43:53 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=3139#comment-29988 One major error in the quote. Bhopal was not the result of Union Carbide's negligence but was an act of sabatoge. Furthermore the Indian government owned 51% of the company and overruled safety measures which the UC tried to install. In addition the people killed were moved into a buffer zone that UC required. One major error in the quote. Bhopal was not the result of Union Carbide’s negligence but was an act of sabatoge. Furthermore the Indian government owned 51% of the company and overruled safety measures which the UC tried to install. In addition the people killed were moved into a buffer zone that UC required.

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