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Yeah, I think some people/groups like Reason often see government as mostly ineffective and then say we should give them less money, which can make them more in
by jimkleiber 4y ago
Yeah, I think some people/groups like Reason often see government as mostly ineffective and then say we should give them less money, which can make them more ineffective, and then they say they're even more ineffective so we should give less money, so on and so forth. I was reading elsewhere that stronger FDA regulation and enforcement could help fix issues like this one with the baby formula yet many libertarian perspectives don't seem to want to give more power to the government. I don't know.
- _3u10 4y agoThe govt isn’t ineffective it’s very effective at making the free market ineffective which is what the reason crowd wants to defund. I live in South America, taxes are 10% and there’s no shortage of formula.
- jimkleiber 4y ago> I live in South America, taxes are 10% and there’s no shortage of formula. There doesn't seem to be a shortage in Europe either, where taxes are much higher and with your argument, the government may be even more effective. It's an argument I seem to hear often: government is simultaneously all powerful and completely ineffective. But I'll stay open and curious: what did the US government do to primarily or fully cause a shortage of infant formula?