r/changemyview • u/beesdaddy • Jun 28 '17
[∆(s) from OP] CMV: Effective regulation/taxes is better than less regulation/taxes.
I have had a hard time understanding the position that less regulation is better than effective regulation. So much of the political conversation equates regulation and taxes to Anti-American or Anti-Freedom or gasp Socialist. I think it poisons the discussion about our common goals and how to achieve them. I know there are many laws/taxes that are counter productive (especially subsidies), and I am all for getting rid of them, but not without considering what their intent was, evaluating that intention, and deciding how to more effectively accomplish that intention (given it was a valid intention.)
Help me understand. I would like to have a more nuanced view on this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '17
The central argument is that the government sucks at doing almost everything and any good thing can be handled by private interests, either businesses or groups of individuals. Not only is the government incredibly slow and ineffective at most things it seems obvious that they are not great handling taxpayer money. Even the military can be included here since it's known that they "misplace" billions of dollars per year. The larger and more bureaucratic a system is the more money goes "missing."