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Quote by: big_lefty  Three problems here;
1) Not accurate. The Swedes have, in some ways, more individual liberty than Americans.Your perception of life in Sweden is, apparently, highly unrealistic. You seem to see it as a Marxist totalitarian state. |
I was talking about the liberty of having the government make the decision for you, or not
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Quote by: big_lefty 2) This isn't about government intervention improving the SOL. |
Oh yes it is. That is the hing upon which all these discussions are based, peoples standard of living, particularly those at the bottom.
The Left contends that Nanny should take of all of us, all the time.
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Quote by: big_lefty The subject of this thread is government intervention in production to protect health and safety. You're supposed to explain why that is anti-democratic and unconstitutional. Saying it doesn't improve the SOL does not answer that question. |
The link you were responding to was about regulation, and you asked for an example of how regulation hurts, you got it, and it illustrates exactly what I claimed it would.
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Quote by: big_lefty 3) You haven't even established that the SOL did not improve, anyway.
Your data was from a time of recession in Sweden. |
Well since our government is destrying our currency in an effort to cover up said recession with the Fed, and since we have a global economy, and were basically in the same recession, I'd say the comparison was very fair in regards to the topic it covers.
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Quote by: big_lefty The vague reference to "more liberties" doesn't mean anything, either. What liberties are you claiming Sweden lacks as compared to Mississippi? |
You know damn well that we were discussing regulation vs non-regulation.