tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post6071838389096755655..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Nanny takes the benefit away?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71744803660872607712012-09-14T13:37:45.467+12:002012-09-14T13:37:45.467+12:00Walter 2 wrongs don't make a right. *see what ...Walter 2 wrongs don't make a right. *see what I did there*Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-12707868133430691472012-09-12T14:20:04.303+12:002012-09-12T14:20:04.303+12:00Ayn Rand isn't the objectivists' version o...Ayn Rand isn't the objectivists' version of Jesus. I'm sure that not everything she did was perfect, and it would be contra to the philosophy she promoted to automatically assume that because Ayn Rand did something, it was automatically right. twrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312229399327994398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36472258073871596722012-09-12T14:11:11.386+12:002012-09-12T14:11:11.386+12:00I'm suprised who is objecting to my argument, ...I'm suprised who is objecting to my argument, since this is the rationale used by Objectivists to justify Ayn Rand collecting welfare.Walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-81904662748475706492012-09-12T13:39:57.953+12:002012-09-12T13:39:57.953+12:00So Walter, if someone burgles your property, you h...So Walter, if someone burgles your property, you have a right to burgle someone else's?twrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312229399327994398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-26902053075176154742012-09-12T10:51:43.748+12:002012-09-12T10:51:43.748+12:00@Walter: That's not a right, that's a rati...@Walter: That's not a right, that's a rationalisation.<br /><br />@KP: What, Paula will take non-beneficiaries benefits away?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55931744120529538322012-09-12T10:16:51.105+12:002012-09-12T10:16:51.105+12:00Obviously welfare is your right if you have previo...Obviously welfare is your right if you have previously been employed, since you are only reclaiming money that has been taken from you by the state.Walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-21352143440769178602012-09-12T09:56:04.025+12:002012-09-12T09:56:04.025+12:00""You could only object it’s a nanny-sta...""You could only object it’s a nanny-state infringement of your liberty if...""<br /><br />That makes an assumption on who sets the conditions for benefits. The greater argument is that what happens to beneficiaries today will happen to taxpayers tomorrow, "for the greater good of society"<br /><br />Leighton is getting some very good calls on it.kpnoreply@blogger.com