[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Platt]
> freedom is the MOQ's number one priority.

[Ant]
> I largely agree...
> More importantly, I think the MOQ implies that it is immoral for 
> intellectual and social patterns to be affected by biological differences 
> (such as health).  So if the best librarian for a town needs $200,000 
> towards her medical expenses per annum while the owner of the local Cadillac 
> dealership needs only $2000, the MOQ points towards these expenses being 
> paid for from general taxation (rather than the individual) to ensure that
> the best possible intellectual and social patterns (for the town) are
> maintained.
This seems the reverse of the MOQ view;  it would give priority to the biological level over the social or intellectual level.
What if the town's best librarian is the only person who can provide the needed constant replenishing of the Cadillac dealer's blood supply?  That the librarian is enslaved by the car dealer doesn't seem a good intellectual pattern.

[Arlo]
> I have no problem with my tax dollars providing basic food staples. 
> Nor do I have a problem with tax-supported shelters or even 
> tax-subsidized loans for the poor to get basic housing.

I have no problem with your money going for others' food & shelter, either.  The problem comes when you try to force this view on others.
Craig