Yes, if someone is dying of thirst, why do we give them water? It’s like giving the champagne-less champagne. One of these things is not like the other. The l

Yes, if someone is dying of thirst, why do we give them water? It’s like giving the champagne-less champagne. One of these things is not like the other. The law, in its great equanimity, forbids both the rich and poor from sleeping under bridges. There is only one trick in the history of humanity that has consistently improved a lot of every citizen in a society, and that is to dedicate a portion of the private surplus public good.