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The world is full of crises created by government intervention: healthcare, housing, education, etc.

• RC_ITR 4y ago
  Wait. In what period of human existence did people live longer, have more access to plumbing, or have better literacy? The government caused all those things to go up
  • eschevarria 4y ago
    Economic growth caused these things to go up; the governments (which also existed in past periods of human existence) caused growth to be much slower than it could have been. Don’t confuse government causing a increase in government spending on something with causing an increase in the actual supply of that thing. When governments restrict the supply of healthcare and housing (which they do, through professional licensing and zoning regulations), they can spend more on them without increasing supply.
    • ClumsyPilot 4y ago
      If you can blame government without any evidecne he can praise governments without any evidence You seem to not address fraud in the market, like snake oil salesmen, at all
  • pitaj 4y ago
    I can see where you're coming from with plumbing and literacy. Government monopolized water utilities and education. But the greatest increases in life expectancy were from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The improvements have slowed since then, appearing to plateau in the last decade or so. And it just so happens that in that time period, the government had way less control over the healthcare system in the US. Literacy is actually decreasing in recent years, as education spending by the government increases. Higher education has never been more expensive, thanks to guaranteed student loans provided by the federal government. If you're more talking about developing countries, then the correlation is far stronger with level of economic development than with government involvement. In fact government involvement is often inversely correlated, slowing development.
• unethical_ban 4y ago
  If love to meet you. You seem to really believe what you say, yet it is so absurd.