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spindoctor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-10-07 09:21 AM
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25. major pickin
I resent having different levels of government on top of having the necessity for one.
The only exception there is that communities should be able to apply a more specific set of rules to their habitat and therefore there should be an additional council at a town level. This institution would probably be best suited to supervise things like firehouses and police stations.

Infrastructure.
All infrastructure is national. I can drive down I80, walk on the pavement in Des Moines and call my cousin in Nantucket. Much like the internet does not "belong" to anyone, roads, phone, electricity, etc. should simply be something we all chip in for.
People in Maine don't like the idea of paying for a streetlight in New Mexico, but of course everyone will get as much out of it as they put in.

I don't see how health care and education could be considered infrastructure but I already admitted that these are best paid for through the government. This would also contribute to having a homogeneous quality of education throughout the districts.

In general, simple is better and less is more. A fully libertarian society would not function just like a fully capitalist, fully communist or fully majoritarian society is doomed to fail.
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