February 6, 2004
From the desk of Jane Galt:Why I fear the regulatory instincts of the left more than the right
Not because I'd fancy living in a theocracy, thank you very much, however much my grandparents may have enjoyed learning scripture verses in school. But it's a lot easier for the left to get its hand on my wallet than for the right to get its hands on my soul. Even when the religious right does seem to be making substantial progress, it always turns out to be a tempest in a teapot, as witness the latest contretemps: after state officials weathered a flood of criticism from parents and teachers, evolution is back in the Georgia state curriculum. Now try getting rid of a social program that doesn't work, or a piece of environmental legislation that prevents one case of cancer for every $1,000,000,000,000 we spend.
Posted by Jane Galt at February 6, 2004 12:29 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksNow try getting rid of a social program that doesn't work
Much more difficult than getting rid of a social program that does work, as Clinton did with "welfare as we know it".
Oh please; a trillion dollars spent per life saved? I would like to know what hat you pulled that "fact" from. If we are pulling figures out of hats let me pull these out: 1)actually environmental spending costs only $5,ooo.00 per life saved; hardly a price anyone with human feelings would quible over 2) the cost of each prisoner freed and each life not taked by Saddam in Iraq is $1,000,000,000,000 per. See how easy that was?
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