Darren New wrote:
> Shay wrote:
>> I'm not, because a corporation can't raise my insurance rate to 
>> whatever the Hell they want and then throw me in prison for refusing 
>> to patronize their business. 
> 
> Why would doing this at a state level be any different?

As I'm sure you've seen from this thread, there are people who see 
minority rights principally as obstacles to majority benefit. The 
Supreme Court was put in place to protect the minority from those 
people, but it doesn't seem to be working.

The best option left to those who would protect minority rights is to 
limit the power of the "tyranny of the majority" crowd. This is done by 
limiting and decentralizing the power of the government. I don't like 
that a state would have that much power, but any entity powerful enough 
to so limit a state would itself be too powerful.

It is inevitable, however, that we will move continuously towards 
totalitarianism until the next revolution.


> This, like military, police, and fire, seems like a good thing to have 
> centralized. Or are you also against having the fire department a 
> public/government service?

When I see a candidate stand up at a presidential convention and rally 
the crowd by promising more fire protection paid for by fewer people, 
then I'll worry about the fire department.

> 
> How about safety standards and other such regulation? Are you of the 
> opinion that paying inspectors and regulators to make sure your cars and 
> buildings are safe is inappropriate?

No I am not. That's a separate issue in my mind. We'll have to discuss 
that another time, I'm not ready to open up a new can of worms right now.

  -Shay

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