“Is mr toll road now trying to get a vp spot.”
I think it is a ‘hey, don’t forget about me’ reminder as a brokered convention looks like a possibility.
So why do a couple of your call Daniels “Mr. Toll Road”? A toll road system is very conservative: the user pays. It may be annoying to have to pay for something, but that is the best way to connect with the market. Otherwise, people think of things as “free” when they really aren’t.
What the Gov. is saying is simple, but most politicians are not accustomed to seeing simple facts. Budgeting itself is simple: the numbers must add up. That is the gist of it. And just look! Not even “advanced” countries can get this straight. It proves how incompetent governments generally are, and why we should not want to let these people near any important decisions of consequence. I don’t want them planning my healthcare, my retirement, my personal defense, what I have to pay for consumer goods, what car I should buy, what I can say — or anything important.
Whether or not a government is democratic does not matter so much as whether it is limited in scope and grasp. I would prefer a monarchy run by a random person, but with limited powers, to a democracy which tries to run everything.
In ancient times, Lao Tse said, “When government is lazy and dull, the people are contented. When government is efficient and smart, the people are discontented.” It shows that the Chinese had already experienced these things over 2K years ago. Modern governments not only are inefficient, but they are not even original! It’s all been seen before. It’s just that mobs which make up the electorate have no historical memory.
So why do a couple of your call Daniels “Mr. Toll Road”? A toll road system is very conservative: the user pays. It may be annoying to have to pay for something, but that is the best way to connect with the market. Otherwise, people think of things as “free” when they really aren’t.
What the Gov. is saying is simple, but most politicians are not accustomed to seeing simple facts. Budgeting itself is simple: the numbers must add up. That is the gist of it. And just look! Not even “advanced” countries can get this straight. It proves how incompetent governments generally are, and why we should not want to let these people near any important decisions of consequence. I don’t want them planning my healthcare, my retirement, my personal defense, what I have to pay for consumer goods, what car I should buy, what I can say — or anything important.
Whether or not a government is democratic does not matter so much as whether it is limited in scope and grasp. I would prefer a monarchy run by a random person, but with limited powers, to a democracy which tries to run everything.
In ancient times, Lao Tse said, “When government is lazy and dull, the people are contented. When government is efficient and smart, the people are discontented.” It shows that the Chinese had already experienced these things over 2K years ago. Modern governments not only are inefficient, but they are not even original! It’s all been seen before. It’s just that mobs which make up the electorate have no historical memory.