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i still do not understand what is meant by "fiscal responsibility"
when it comes to the state.
everyone seems to be quite sure that it means something: i am not.
i do not think "i dont like taxes"--which is the central driver behind most of the liberatarian positions above--amounts to a theory of fiscal responsibility in general--and it would seem that the social consequences of a libertarian regime would run in the opposite direction of anything like social responsibility...
you see a very different conception of what the role of government could be in the green platform--but again, it is tied to a series of particular arguments about what is desirable within a capitalist set up and the notion of responsibility is a gloss, a way of categorizing, relations between state actions and desired outcomes.
so it seems always to be: it is not an independent matter, but more a function of a general political position.
so in a way it is not surprising to see this thread turn into "which political organization do you like" rather than "which is more fiscally responsible"....
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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