tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post7867891555176761533..comments2024-01-13T07:38:36.064-05:00Comments on Target Liberty: We Must Be "Opportunists" In Dismantling the StateRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-8522330233515960882016-07-03T00:28:48.448-04:002016-07-03T00:28:48.448-04:00The last thing we should advocate for abolition is...The last thing we should advocate for abolition is welfare for the truly poor and infirm. I would couch it in terms of "the poor have suffered the most from government programs, and those programs will only be eliminated when corporate and NGO welfare is abolished" and eliminate the possibility of being called anti-poor and sick. <br /><br />Yes, welfare destroys families and introducesRDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-60454635648389375152015-12-06T13:55:38.197-05:002015-12-06T13:55:38.197-05:00Thanks - I read through that quickly and missed th...Thanks - I read through that quickly and missed the link (I think my original intent was to read through Salerno's article and go back to the linked article, and didn't.) I'd never heard of anything like that before, so I was hoping it wasn't some sort of a straw man. I had no argument with his point, just hadn't seen anyone propose anything along those lines. There may be Mister Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790678390017800846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-41234058422546453692015-12-04T09:51:17.542-05:002015-12-04T09:51:17.542-05:00Check out the FEE article linked to. Its author s...Check out the FEE article linked to. Its author stands _against_ removing welfare programs until occupational licensing had first been removed. The thinking here is the government must stop hobbling people before removing their crutches.<br /><br />I agree with Salerno, such ordering turns the supposed libertarian reformer into a social planner in his own right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-77065819325195029772015-12-04T02:19:20.648-05:002015-12-04T02:19:20.648-05:00"Gradualists presuppose that they can plan th..."Gradualists presuppose that they can plan the order in which interventions can be eliminated a priori without reference to socio-political reality."<br /><br />Where do we see this? Where's the ordered list he's referring to?Mister Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790678390017800846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-40396514813070374262015-12-03T21:09:44.786-05:002015-12-03T21:09:44.786-05:00Nothing is independent of politics. If the Fed ope...Nothing is independent of politics. If the Fed operates with autonomy, it's because Congress permits it. There is no authority above the Federal government in this country.Wagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719718595125311688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-89064348899557877282015-12-03T20:25:15.318-05:002015-12-03T20:25:15.318-05:00The tactic could be called Punctuated Equilibrium....The tactic could be called Punctuated Equilibrium.JaimeInTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729407700850451849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-34701898397079924002015-12-03T20:12:47.768-05:002015-12-03T20:12:47.768-05:00This article is one massive contradiction. After ...This article is one massive contradiction. After getting done explaining why we should only act to eliminate government power, however small the changes, but not try to play the strategic "reform" game, he goes and proposes ... handing the money supply to a government agency instead of a subsidiary. Mr. Joe Salerno needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340471191018052788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-44482862699193199092015-12-03T17:33:11.434-05:002015-12-03T17:33:11.434-05:00I don't think any part of Cato proposes elimin...I don't think any part of Cato proposes eliminating any Fed powers outright, simply altering how they are used.<br /><br />A subtle distinction that could use more clarification by Joe, as one could argue altering how interest rate policy is used might be equivalent to reducing how much interest rate policy is used might be equivalent to rolling back interest rate manipulation. What types ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-49632861121962827992015-12-03T17:08:05.574-05:002015-12-03T17:08:05.574-05:00I wonder, Robert, how you would distinguish Joe...I wonder, Robert, how you would distinguish Joe's intelligently argued conclusions in this piece concerning the Fed from what you heard (and criticized) at the recent Cato Monetary Conference? I know that Salerno's end game position is abolition of the Fed but that's NOT what he argued here. So what makes the Cato "gradualists" so off base, especially in a near-academic Dominickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113091064299237392noreply@blogger.com