tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post7382935585605217800..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: ObamaCare's NJ "Good News": More Government Dependentsprincipled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-21547944239824658192013-11-25T07:44:21.426-05:002013-11-25T07:44:21.426-05:00The implication is that if you accept the promised...The implication is that if you accept the promised benefits you coercively paid for, you have no moral right to complain. Politics follows social mores. No moral right eventually leads to no legal right, which can manifest in fines or, more likely, reduction or denial of benefits. That is the threat to free speech.principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-35599544022757509192013-11-25T02:42:30.594-05:002013-11-25T02:42:30.594-05:00I think Spinosa's only response would be, &quo...I think Spinosa's only response would be, "So what?" I think if we put the full philosophic case to him, he'd still say, "So what?" He thinks we shouldn't take our chances under freedom when we'd all be ok under total statism, if we all just pitch in to make it work. We'll all get enough back to get along on. No more war, just peace.<br /><br />As for free speech, that's not involved, unless people are fined and/or thrown in jail for exercising it. The moral extortion says you must pay taxes. Then, you might be eligible for, & might actually receive, benefits. But, if you don't pay, and the 'authorities' must forcibly extract taxes from you, you might be subject to fines and/or jail. Shootin' your mouth off about it doesn't get you in trouble. Not paying does. That's the issue to fight, by free speech, not the issue of free speech, unless they fine and/or jail you for it. But, if they do, speak anyway, after starting physically violent resistance.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.com