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Comments on: Mice or Men? http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2007/10/13/mice-or-men Asking the Stupid Questions since 1971 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: David Nesting http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2007/10/13/mice-or-men#comment-32132 David Nesting Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:35:12 +0000 http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/2007/10/13/mice-or-men#comment-32132 Politics destroys everything good that the government might do. People get elected to "make a difference" and have a positive effect on their constituency. Central planning under the control of said politicians will inevitably favor pork and political agenda over what is right. This is exacerbated when what should be local planning is done at the federal scale. The plans might sound good for the majority of America, but that usually means it's the wrong approach for a minority. Most planning at the federal level is completely inappropriate. Why do they keep doing it? Because nobody gets elected saying, "I don't plan to change much once I'm in office," even if that's actually the best thing for the country. Politics destroys everything good that the government might do. People get elected to “make a difference” and have a positive effect on their constituency. Central planning under the control of said politicians will inevitably favor pork and political agenda over what is right.

This is exacerbated when what should be local planning is done at the federal scale. The plans might sound good for the majority of America, but that usually means it’s the wrong approach for a minority. Most planning at the federal level is completely inappropriate.

Why do they keep doing it? Because nobody gets elected saying, “I don’t plan to change much once I’m in office,” even if that’s actually the best thing for the country.

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