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Originally Posted by u-Bob
Neighbors voluntarily helping each other -> good.
Doctors voluntarily spending their vacation in Africa helping poor people -> good.
People voluntarily raising money to help the homeless -> good.
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Government programs -> only wreak havoc.
From an economic point of view government intervention only increases time preference, resulting in higher consumption, less saving,...
From a sociological point of view this increase in time preference results in higher crime rates, drug and alcohol abuse, higher divorce rates,...
for more info see Hans-Hermann Hoppe on time preference.
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Other than... Gov programs haven't only wreaked havoc. I kinda like my interstates and highways and bridges. I've seen first hand welfare programs help people and those people use it to start over, and successfully do so - when nobody else would help, period!
From an economic point of view, the gov has funded almost everything that has grown our great country to various levels throughout history - including the technology you use to make this post, so bad aren't they?
Odd, countries with social gov's, much more gov in life... don't all have higher crime rates, drug, alcohol abuse, or divorce rates. Actually, most of those countries have MUCH lower rates than America.
In a Country that votes on local/state laws, elects the people, etc... if it's fucked up, it's OUR OWN fault... not the fake hand of the big gov that everyone likes to blame.