http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21043 db Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:34:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21043 Not to mention it would take a truly enormous increase in transfer payments for them to be more expensive than the war on drugs. So even if the concern is only cost of government we'd be better off with more welfare than the war on drugs. Not to mention it would take a truly enormous increase in transfer payments for them to be more expensive than the war on drugs. So even if the concern is only cost of government we'd be better off with more welfare than the war on drugs.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21044 chmcclellan Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:28:52 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21044 This was my thought as well. To counterpose Drug Legalization and economic rights suggests a profound misunderstanding of libertarianism. Putting aside the fiscal effect (<a href=http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/mironreport.html rel="nofollow">$10B-$14B as estimated by Jeffrey Miron, 2005</a>), what is economic liberty but the unencumbered right to enter into voluntary transactions? Maybe the correct posing involves trading decriminalized use with similar sale and trafficking penalties for an increased welfare state. This was my thought as well. To counterpose Drug Legalization and economic rights suggests a profound misunderstanding of libertarianism. Putting aside the fiscal effect ($10B-$14B as estimated by Jeffrey Miron, 2005), what is economic liberty but the unencumbered right to enter into voluntary transactions? Maybe the correct posing involves trading decriminalized use with similar sale and trafficking penalties for an increased welfare state.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21040 Kerry Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:06:49 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21040 But Gene, unjustified wars are free, and stimuli cost money. But Gene, unjustified wars are free, and stimuli cost money.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21039 Gene Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:16:52 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21039 Oh wait, maybe that was Jonah Goldberg. Read both of them last night. Oh wait, maybe that was Jonah Goldberg. Read both of them last night.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21041 Gene Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:15:39 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21041 Oh boy do I hate Hood-style libertarianism. Like it should be blindingly obvious to everyone that the stimulus package is WAY MORE HORRIBLE than torture, executive branch lawlessness, and killing tens of thousands of people for no good reason in a country that never posed a threat to us. Oh boy do I hate Hood-style libertarianism. Like it should be blindingly obvious to everyone that the stimulus package is WAY MORE HORRIBLE than torture, executive branch lawlessness, and killing tens of thousands of people for no good reason in a country that never posed a threat to us.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21042 Joe R. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:59:45 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21042 I took (x + drug prohibition), but the more I think about it, the less I like the options. Not enough information. If I voted again, I might vote the other way.. I took (x + drug prohibition), but the more I think about it, the less I like the options. Not enough information. If I voted again, I might vote the other way..

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21038 db Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:34:48 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21038 Not to mention it would take a truly enormous increase in transfer payments for them to be more expensive than the war on drugs. So even if the concern is only cost of government we'd be better off with more welfare than the war on drugs. Not to mention it would take a truly enormous increase in transfer payments for them to be more expensive than the war on drugs. So even if the concern is only cost of government we'd be better off with more welfare than the war on drugs.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21037 chmcclellan Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:28:52 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21037 This was my thought as well. To counterpose Drug Legalization and economic rights suggests a profound misunderstanding of libertarianism. Putting aside the fiscal effect (<a href=http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/mironreport.html rel="nofollow">$10B-$14B as estimated by Jeffrey Miron, 2005</a>), what is economic liberty but the unencumbered right to enter into voluntary transactions? Maybe the correct posing involves trading decriminalized use with similar sale and trafficking penalties for an increased welfare state. This was my thought as well. To counterpose Drug Legalization and economic rights suggests a profound misunderstanding of libertarianism. Putting aside the fiscal effect ($10B-$14B as estimated by Jeffrey Miron, 2005), what is economic liberty but the unencumbered right to enter into voluntary transactions? Maybe the correct posing involves trading decriminalized use with similar sale and trafficking penalties for an increased welfare state.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21033 Positive Liberty » The War on Drugs is Obviously Worse than the Welfare State Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:59:55 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21033 [...] Will Wilkinson quotes John Hood as follows, Most libertarians would rather live in a society with a smaller welfare state and illegal drugs than they would live in a bigger welfare state with legal drugs. [...] [...] Will Wilkinson quotes John Hood as follows, Most libertarians would rather live in a society with a smaller welfare state and illegal drugs than they would live in a bigger welfare state with legal drugs. [...]

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/11/hoods-conjecture/#comment-21036 Kerry Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:06:49 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2801#comment-21036 But Gene, unjustified wars are free, and stimuli cost money. But Gene, unjustified wars are free, and stimuli cost money.

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