"How to Save the Republican Party"

[Strike For The South]

I agree, as I had stated before. People are also driven to rob and kill and enslave others. They need regulation to keep them from doing this to one another.

Not true, most people are content to leave well enough alone.

Government has a role and that is to maximally protect the rights of individuals from dissolution by others (including government). I believe that the governments role beyond this should be localized to the greatest extent possible.

This statement is intentionally vague and means nothing. I have individual right to healthcare. I have an individual right to have my butthole played with during sex. The rub is hammering out where we draw the line, can we at least agree on that?

Localized control becomes more and more useless as the world gets smaller and smaller.

Also, I need odds for my "Vicar of Rome" betting pool, do you have any?

[ICantSpellDawg]

Not true, most people are content to leave well enough alone.

Until they are not. My point is that everyone, at some point, feels the desire to deprive others of life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. It is as natural as wanting to leave others alone and be left alone the rest of the time.

[HopAlongBunny]

Until they are not. My point is that everyone, at some point, feels the desire to deprive others of life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness.

You can add to that list: Where money is involved. Unfortunately, that extends the need for gov't oversight to almost all social interactions, and almost by definition market interactions. Which raises the question of "who will watch the watchers".