[Cattle Rustler]

(08-26-2014 02:36 PM)Sonsowey Wrote:  

(08-26-2014 02:14 PM)Baphomet Wrote:  

Accepting regulation through taxes is a complete and total surrender to the nanny State, and an absolute abdication of any personal responsibility. People who advocate it MUST logically believe that the State should have full authority to regulate every aspect of your daily life.

Your slippery slope argument is not true.

We live in a society where the government taxes certain things to varying degrees. You and I already live here.

There are taxes on cigarettes, which have helped curb the use of an addicting substance that causes all sorts of disease.

Taxes on bad food would do the same thing.

That does not mean I think the government should regulate every aspect of our lives. However, when there is a problem that is affecting almost all of society, such as obesity, which people are not solving but getting deeper and deeper into, it is the job of the government to act responsibly.

If there were poison in the water, it would be the government's responsibility to clean it up. You drink "nanny-state" purified water every day. Your air is breathable because a nanny-state official made sure factories didn't pump poison into the air. A nanny-state government program created the internet, etc.

I advocate a lot less government action overall, but in public health crises created by free market sales of goods, it is within the scope of the government to act.

If you want to go be a libertarian it would be nice if you were at least consistent and didn't leech off the nanny state clean water and just acted like a real man and got water from a river.

Not to mention one would have to defend themselves with their own hands instead of relying on criminals knowing there's military and police security being provided.

Because lets face it, we would all act like hooligans if there were no police.