[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Case <Case at iSpots.com>:

> [Case]
> Kinda like retirees who get snippy over calling SS welfare, huh?

Not snippy. Accurate.

> [Platt]
> Not the cornerstone of public policy, but the cornerstone of welfare cheats.
> 
> [Case]
> It is misrepresentations like this that has led to under funding of program
> programs for children in many states.

I knew "the children" would be thrown into the argument sooner or later.

> > [Case]
> > The funding is allocated to assist children regardless of family living
> > arrangements
> 
> [Platt]
> A program designed for children often abused by adults.
> 
> [Case]
> The well being of children is always the primary concern. 

Parents should be held responsible for the welfare of their children.
 
> [Platt]
> Cheating in the private sector is vigorously opposed. Cheating in the
> government sector gets a wink and a nod. 
> 
> [Case]
> I think it is just wrong to say that cheating in the government sector is
> tolerated. Government programs, grants, and administration at least in my
> state are all out in the open. Anyone can scrutinize public records.
> Cheating may occur but it is nothing like you imagine.

I've witnessed enough government workers on the job to know they hardly work,
thereby cheating taxpayers.

> [Platt]
> Forcing you to be responsible is OK by me, like obeying traffic laws.
> 
> [Case]
> It seems that your terror of the naked power of the state is more a matter
> of rhetorical convenience that a matter of principle.

If in principle you see no difference between firing squads and traffic control,
I wonder about your grasp on reality.

> [Case]
> > Do you seriously believe that anyone anywhere thinks the ER is a cool 
> > place to hang out for chit chat?
> 
> [Platt]
> Ask those who run the place what it's like.
> 
> [Case]
> Or you could as the patient who has been sitting for four or five hours
> waiting for a doctor in the Mecca of world class instant health care.

Instant? You and Arlo love to exaggerate. If someone doesn't get instant
medical care it's like being tossed into a gutter.

> [Platt]
> True. But it's well to be suspicious, especially when the statistics are
> compiled by a government bureaucrat interested in keeping and expanding her
> job.
> 
> [Case]
> Isn't it about time people saw through this demeaning of public service. It
> is an insult to every soldier, policeman, teacher, librarian, nurse, social
> worker and all of the excellent people who prefer to serve their fellow
> citizens rather than sell themselves in a private sector where money is the
> only Value.

Soldiers, police -- can't say enough about their MOQ moral status. Pirsig
specifically mentions their moral role. As for the rest, private sector works
for me because of far greater efficiency, otherwise known as "bigger bang for
a buck."



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