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Bush 'pleased' by North Korea talks
Nov. 1st, 2006 08:22 amhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/31/nkorea.us.ap/index.html
Libertarian brothers, let me again welcome you to my LJ.
Bush, Jr. has yet again provided strong proof that libertarian ideals work better than anything else. For months he’s done nothing, which is all the government should do, and now Korea has agreed to return to the table to talk. Sure, you might say, “but now they have nukes! we have no negotiating leverage!” but the important thing is that we did nothing, and they’re back at the table. The less government gets involved, the sooner things get fixed.
You see, because we did nothing, we let market forces take care of the situation. China, Japan and Europe stepped in and did the job for us. You see? By letting the market forces take over, the problem got solved. In fact, now it’s pretty well established that the EU and China can take care of all international problems and the U.S. can shake off that old “most respected country in the world” thing that was such a bother.
If we had an ‘activist government’ there would have been meetings and airplane rides and all sorts of other costly things. Though governmental in-action, the market solved the problem. The only side-effect is that Korea has nukes, which I’m sure our critics will whine “that was exactly what we were trying to prevent” or some balderdash like that.
The same thing would work for poverty, education, and pollution. If government stopped trying to cure poverty, those people would die or move to some other county dumb enough to help them. Education? Bah, our companies can get all the smart people they need from other companies dumb enough to educate them. Why just the other day I spoke to a highly educated person in India when I called HP about a printer problem. The market solved the problem! Look at the recent spat of documentaries about how effectively the Christian Right is educating children without the government’s help, building up what they call “God’s Army”... isn’t that cute? Did you see the scene where the little boy lists all the kinds of people he hates? So adorable... his list must have included nearly everyone in the country. So inclusive! So adorable! And pollution. Oh, you stupid, stupid, stupid environmentalists. If the government stayed out of the business of trying to regulate what companies could put into the air, water, and ground, the market forces would solve the problem: soon people that cared about such things (and they are, I assure you, only a few) would move to some planet where they can enforce their own stupid rules. (and don’t get me started on the whole “green-house gas trading scam”... the government has to run that program, so obviously any positive results must be hiding the real problems.)
Let’s take a good hard look at Bush, Jr’s success with Korea and apply this to all areas of government. The next time you see a problem, don’t say, “the government should do something about that!” say, “Let’s hope the market forces find someone else who cares!”
Libertarian brothers, let me again welcome you to my LJ.
Bush, Jr. has yet again provided strong proof that libertarian ideals work better than anything else. For months he’s done nothing, which is all the government should do, and now Korea has agreed to return to the table to talk. Sure, you might say, “but now they have nukes! we have no negotiating leverage!” but the important thing is that we did nothing, and they’re back at the table. The less government gets involved, the sooner things get fixed.
You see, because we did nothing, we let market forces take care of the situation. China, Japan and Europe stepped in and did the job for us. You see? By letting the market forces take over, the problem got solved. In fact, now it’s pretty well established that the EU and China can take care of all international problems and the U.S. can shake off that old “most respected country in the world” thing that was such a bother.
If we had an ‘activist government’ there would have been meetings and airplane rides and all sorts of other costly things. Though governmental in-action, the market solved the problem. The only side-effect is that Korea has nukes, which I’m sure our critics will whine “that was exactly what we were trying to prevent” or some balderdash like that.
The same thing would work for poverty, education, and pollution. If government stopped trying to cure poverty, those people would die or move to some other county dumb enough to help them. Education? Bah, our companies can get all the smart people they need from other companies dumb enough to educate them. Why just the other day I spoke to a highly educated person in India when I called HP about a printer problem. The market solved the problem! Look at the recent spat of documentaries about how effectively the Christian Right is educating children without the government’s help, building up what they call “God’s Army”... isn’t that cute? Did you see the scene where the little boy lists all the kinds of people he hates? So adorable... his list must have included nearly everyone in the country. So inclusive! So adorable! And pollution. Oh, you stupid, stupid, stupid environmentalists. If the government stayed out of the business of trying to regulate what companies could put into the air, water, and ground, the market forces would solve the problem: soon people that cared about such things (and they are, I assure you, only a few) would move to some planet where they can enforce their own stupid rules. (and don’t get me started on the whole “green-house gas trading scam”... the government has to run that program, so obviously any positive results must be hiding the real problems.)
Let’s take a good hard look at Bush, Jr’s success with Korea and apply this to all areas of government. The next time you see a problem, don’t say, “the government should do something about that!” say, “Let’s hope the market forces find someone else who cares!”
