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I think he said that he views it as a moral issue and he doesn't believe he should be compelled by the government to directly provide a public service, or somet

I think he said that he views it as a moral issue and he doesn't believe he should be compelled by the government to directly provide a public service, or something to that effect. And although I have to take him at face value, my initial impression was that it was a case of the risk-logic that is required to do VC: betting heavy on a high value longshot. If we wins the property is even more valuable due to the privacy element and because he has shown how costly it was to achieve. If he loses he just takes his beating and moves on.

luckydata 7y ago
Is this the world you want to live in?
- PowerfulWizard 7y ago
  In terms of morality the government directly controls one third of the economy I want to live in a world where they legislate wisely and enforce laws effectively in a clear and transparent way. In terms of reality I can only observe and describe.
- rayiner 7y ago
  > I think he said that he views it as a moral issue and he doesn't believe he should be compelled by the government to directly provide a public service, or something to that effect. Yes, absolutely. I’m a high taxation statist. But tax me, spend it in whatever public services you want, and then leave me alone. This sort of case-by-case exercise where state and municipal governments impose random unfunded mandates on individuals is incompatible with the idea of “government of laws, not if men.” The government shouldn’t make anyone keep running a public beach just because there used to be one in the property. Especially where there was no public vote, just an agency making a case by case decision.
  - TheMagicHorsey 7y ago
    This
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