I wish to start with an example of the perpetual failure of good intentions under government from Ron Paul's book "The Revolution: A
Manifestio":
"To get an appreciation for the difference between public and private administration in terms of bureaucracy and cost-effectiveness, consider
this. The Brookings Institution's John Chubb once investigated the number of bureaucrats working in the central administration offices of the New
York City public schools. Six telephone calls finally yeilded someone who knew the answer, but that person was not allowed to disclose it. Another
six calls later, Chubb had at last pinned down someone who knew the answer and could tell him what it was: there were 6,000 bureaucrats working in the
central office.
Then Chubb called the Archdiocese of New York, to find out the figure there. (The city's Catholic schools educated one-fifth as many students as
did the governmnet-run school.) Chubb's first telephone call was taken by someone who did not know the answer. Here we go again, he thought. But
after a moment she said, 'Wait a minute; let me count.' Her answer: 26."
The Revolution: A Manifestion
(pgs. 76-77)
Now, here we have a perfect example of what is going on in our world today. There is no denying the education system in this country is lacking, and
it is pretty clear that the urban areas suffer the most. So, under the guise of good intentions we have "helped" the school system of NYC by
enlisting 6,000 bureaucrats, because clearly throwing money and minimally motivated employees at the problem inherently SOLVES the problem...right?
So what have we gotten from NYC, what tangible, possitive results can be seen by government interventionism in this instance?
What tangible, possitive results can be seen from the some $2 TRILLION dollars confiscated from the backs of American tax payers for the Federal Dept.
of Education since its inception?
Our kids need government interventionism, right? We always need to give government the benefit of the doubt, right?
Well, here we also have the Archdiocese of New York, who then accounted for one-fifth as many students as did the government school. They are
accountable, since they need to be so, since their is no bailout waiting for them. Because of that, theyre administators and bureaucrats totaled
TWENTY SIX. And guess what? The kids coming out of that school system are more knowledgable as a direct result of this inherent accountability that
is needed to prevent failure.
Mediocrity is not accepted when failure is not an option.
You see government has no accountability when it operates under the guise of good intentions. The kids, the kids, we must do ANYTHING to help the
kids! Put reason, common sense, and facts aside and embrace our interventionism. And sadly we willingly do.
Let's take a look at another example of good intentions failing miserably that I would never have considered: Foreign Aid.
Now, before I started thinking for myself and started letting reason, common sense, and facts guide my opinions, I often gave government the benefit
of the doubt...BIG MISTAKE.
Foreign Aid is primarily used to prop up puppet governments, to arm nations for perpetual war, and to put the power and funding into the hands of an
undesirable few instead of the PEOPLE that need the aid.
Americans, on their own, raise THREE times as much as our government for Foreign Aid. We donate our money to organizations that are as accountable as
possible, and if they do not get the job done, we can take our money and give it a more accountable organization in the future. FREEDOM WORKS.
But government gives us no such choice. We cannot say that it is illogical to give $2 Billion a year to arm Israel while giving $6 Billion a year to
arm her enemies. It creates perpetual foreign relations issues, as more money becomes the only remedy, EVEN IF THE WRONG PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE
MONEY.
Continued...
