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Dagon comments on Is Pragmatarianism (Tax Choice) Less Wrong? - Less Wrong Discussion

-16 Post author: Xerographica 12 February 2015 04:47AM

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Comment author: Dagon 12 February 2015 05:18:15PM 2 points [-]

(note: downvotes aren't mine - I think it's an imperfect post on a flawed concept, but it's interesting and relevant.)

I'm not sure how to logically go from "only 79 likes on facebook" to "congress doesn't feel any pressure" to "congress will welcome the change". And I tend to agree with the people who ignore the topic: my basic position is that where markets are functioning, we don't need government involvement in the first place. And the reverse - where the government has decided to control something, it's because they believe markets are not able to deliver results they like.