It doesn't matter what "you" think it's necessary, you do not have perfect knowledge and if what you believe isn't based on factual or logical conclusions, then what is it worth?
It isn't worth anything but then again I don't go around making mass proclamations on what others should provide for me.
Yeah, but I don't feel like paying for your power lines anyway. If it costs too much to change the setup...well, you can pay for that.
That's certainly fine with me.
I've studied, in great detail, home power generation using solar, wind, micro hydro and small steam.
Even if I live in your state I probably would never use the road that connected your house to the outside world.
Sure but my county/and or city pays for that through my taxes.
And for the most part, it's a non competitive good.
No factual basis? What do you mean? What is the "factual basis" for ANYTHING explicitly written in the Constitution?
The general meaning of The Constitution is that people are best left to decide for themselves, I can certainly agree with that.
Of course if The Constitution said that government should provide a single payer medical care system, I'd disagree because it can be adequately provided through the competitive/cooperative market.
No they aren't. True competition is all but impossible in education, and doesn't currently exist in health care either. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for health and education vouchers to allow people to choose from among their limited options...but let's not pretend like there are a large number of education/health service providers competing for the same clients.
Are you so sure about education?
You do know that colleges and pre-k programs compete for students, don't you?
If they do that, whats stopping it from happening in every other form of education?
Oh you mean actual health CARE instead of health INSURANCE? That's fine if you live in a big city, but if you live in a smaller community you probably don't have much choice there either. In the city I'm originally from, there is only one hospital.
No I mean medical care, as health care is family genetics, lifestyle, climate etc.
Medical care is only a portion of health care.
The city I live in has no hospital but in the surrounding 50 mile radius I have at least 5 to choose from but that isn't really relevant.
Medical care is competitive on some levels and isn't on others, most of the non competitive portions of medical care are based on the wedge from health insurance and government subsidy.
Again, that's fine if you live in a big city. If you live in rural Montana you're going to go to the only school within 30 miles.
And what happens if someone can't afford to go to a private school? They just don't get educated? Who is going to pay for the resulting increase in crime and associated prison costs...you?
Homeschooling and apprenticeship are viable alternatives.
Since when have schools been the only place to receive an education?
Because that's the way a society works. You seem to have no problem forcing me to pay for your power and roads, simply because you deem them necessary or because it would be too much of a hassle to change it. :roll:
There is a stark difference though, people can save their own money for retirement and they can buy medical insurance for their elder years.
Can any one person build an entire network of paved roads just for them?
While that may be a decent argument for reforming those programs, it is not a valid argument for opposing their existence on the grounds that you have a fundamental right to keep every dollar you own.
I never claimed that I have a fundamental right to keep every dollar I own.
Your really good at putting words into my mouth though.