But yeah..
- Yes to govt. being confined to pure public goods like infrastructure.
- Yes to Govt. being involved in providing a moderate level of education (but no to public schools being indoctrination camps for good citizens.)
- Yes to standing armies.
- Yes to the right for LEGAL CITIZENS to bear arms.
- Yes to national service, weapon training and the teaching of discipline and hard work ethic for any citizens who do not possess it (already focused on trades or other pursuits). Either way firearm training and discipline should be mandatory.
- Yes to apprenticeship schemes and focus on hands-on learning rather than a public debt funded degree system from theorists, not practitioners.
- Yes to tax write-offs for altruism and philanthropic donation, especially in education.
- Yes to competitive markets and anti-trust regulation.
- Massive no to state pensions (see: debt-funded ponzi), especially when coupled with free health care.
- No to positive or negative employment or educational discrimination. Neither is going to work well.
- No to some forms of debt being immune to bankruptcy declaration*.
- No to a banks being able to repackage and sell off the debt of private citizens. Banks should be forced to keep the debt on their books for a mandatory minimum time. At least 25 years*.
Healthcare is a difficult one. I'm in favor of some form of subsidized health care. I'd rather have a private market arrangement, but keep things competitive, but realistically, I am not sure how possible this is in a large economy like the US. Either way, right now the US has neither competition, nor a free health care system. The US system is a complete clusterfuck.
Unsure about negative externalities. Generally these are used as an excuse to tax the citizenry via a third party. Corporate taxation is a very complex issue, especially when you get into open systems.
Cannot stress state pensions enough. They are a disaster, and when coupled with state-funded health care you have a massive system which gorges itself on the productivity of the youth to support the past generations. Basically state-mandated capital reallocation away from the future, and toward the past. Pensions should be private and voluntary. If people want to squander and not reinvest their savings they should bear the consequences of that decision.
The above sums up my ideal sort of governmental arrangement. In practice reality dictates this is hard to maintain over long periods.
*This includes mortgage debt, and student loan debt. This would reverse the laws put into place by Clinton & co. in the 1990s in the US- laws which have wreaked havoc with the global economy.
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 08/30/2017 07:00AM by istirith.