I love libertarians, always willing to engage in a civilized
discussion. Once again, Sara, isn't there some other transgression of
the government that is more worthy of your indignation than a minor
outlay of public funds to help people with disabilities? I could make
you a list if you'd like.
Maybe the govt is bending over a little farther backwards to help
people with disabilities than an absolute cost benefit analysis would
suggest. But, as the dad of a little girl with CP (violins here), I
appreciate it, and I suspect that she will have a richer life because
of things like ADA and IDEA (which is a similarly contentious, and
probably much more expensive, piece of legislation to assure equal
access to education for kids with disabilities.)
So, all nastiness aside, in good old-fashioned cheek turning for the
season, I hope that your opinion is proportionately forceful for
other, much less justifiable, expenditures of government money.
Also, a basic libertarian fallacy is that, if someone believes that
public money should be spent for a cause, then s/he personally should
pay a premium for the cause. Not in America, never was, never will
be, and not in a democracy, likewise.
Eric Siegel
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