Cicero is legendary for missing the point (or deflecting the point) of a post.
My post was about Cicero's dream for a Utopian government. America's standard of living was created by a multitude of factors... government, private industry, philanthropy, etc.
Cicero's view would make Somalia look like a paradise.
Somalia has a literacy rate of 37%, mostly due to Government financed Compulsory Education before the Civil War. It's infant mortality rate is 3rd highest in the world, and life expectancy is roughly 50 for those who survive their first year.
In Cicero's 'perfect government' much of what the citizens of Somalia receive from their government would be considered 'frivolous' and would be eliminated.
there is no utopian government...that's the point TO YOU.....although you keep up the soap opera of the political parties as if that really matters....this isn't a baseball game or a football game or a basketball game where everyone roots for their teams (dems/reps)...it's called since latin was removed from public schools those in the business of social engineering have just been legislating all over the place using crap like laws named after dead kids/politicians and animals not to mention the legalism of our society called 'caution: contents hot'.....it's like telling your offspring they are too stupid to graduate/drive/dress/tie their shoes etc etc..... I'm all happy for clean water/electricity/roads etc.....what I was wondering is the value for the taxes paid..whether they go to water/other countries/guns/boats/warehouses/salaries of our keepers etc etc.... |