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There is no contradiction in wanting a small federal government and being in favor of local governments making rules to better the daily life of citizens, or ac
by jdpedrie 8y ago
There is no contradiction in wanting a small federal government and being in favor of local governments making rules to better the daily life of citizens, or accomplish any other goal. It’s well in line with the concept of subsidiarity, a hallmark of most strands of conservatism.
- ucaetano 8y agoNot when you want this: > authentically free markets Heavily regulating land markets is as far away from a free market as you can be.
- tom_ 8y agoIt's not quite the same, but Georgists consider land, in general, and not entirely without reason, as a special case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism