tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38905222.post6486120232460309002..comments2023-08-28T03:57:48.920-07:00Comments on Libertarian Peacenik: How Pragmatarians "Grow the Party"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38905222.post-58418082518119041392010-11-02T13:11:59.907-07:002010-11-02T13:11:59.907-07:00Hi,
I'm from California as well. Having serv...Hi,<br /><br />I'm from California as well. Having served in Afghanistan I witnessed first hand that people over there appreciate freedom as much as we do. So given a choice, I would allocate a certain percentage of my taxes to help fund the war effort over there.<br /><br />With that in mind I've "co-opted?" the term "pragmatarianism" to refer to allowing people to directly decide which public goods their taxes help support. Searching via google for "pragmatarianism" is how I found your blog.<br /><br />Solely applying free-market principles to public goods wouldn't work because too many people would free-ride off the contributions of others. The pragmatarian approach acknowledges the need for coercion while recognizing that the invisible hand is more efficient at allocating resources than the visible hand (congress).<br /><br />So on one hand, pragmatarians appreciate that forcing government organizations to compete for funding will result in maximum government efficiency. And on the other hand, pragmatarians respect that nobody should have to pay for public goods that they do not value.Carloshttp://www.debatepolitics.com/us-partisan-politics-and-political-platforms/81732-pragmatarianism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com