Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr...
by nickff on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @06:42PM
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>”Getting rid of schools is like getting rid of the military.”
I see national defense and public schools as very different. Defense is a non-excludable, fixed cost, so-called ‘public good’. Primary and secondary education are not public goods, though they may be long-term investments (which defense is not).
I am not saying that I ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ either, but they’re very different.
>”An ideal government functions to help the people not individual persons.”
I’ve never heard this argument before, could you please elaborate, or point to a good source for your “ideal government” ethical framework?
Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr...
by 8note on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @10:08PM
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Defense seems very excludable. If I've got a gun, I'm doing the defense by myself. No need to pay for aircraft carriers in the middle of the unpopulated ocean
I see national defense and public schools as very different. Defense is a non-excludable, fixed cost, so-called ‘public good’. Primary and secondary education are not public goods, though they may be long-term investments (which defense is not).
I am not saying that I ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ either, but they’re very different.
>”An ideal government functions to help the people not individual persons.”
I’ve never heard this argument before, could you please elaborate, or point to a good source for your “ideal government” ethical framework?