In which we travel into interesting waters . . . (for a fairly long trip, so be prepared) Dr. King's 1968 book, Where do we go from here: chaos or community? , is profound in that it criticizes anti-poverty programs for their piecemeal approach, as John Schlosberg of the Center for a Stateless Society [C4SS] observes: King noted that the antipoverty programs of the time “proceeded from a premise that poverty is a consequence of multiple evils,” with separate programs each dedicated to individual issues such as education and housing. Though in his view “none of these remedies in itself is unsound,” they “all have a fatal disadvantage” of being “piecemeal,” with their implementation having “fluctuated at the whims of legislative bodies” or been “entangled in bureaucratic stalling.” The result is that “fragmentary and spasmodic reforms have failed to reach down to the profoundest needs of the poor.” Such single-issue approaches also have “another common failing — ...
“A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.” -- Charles Wheelan, "Naked Economics"
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Anyone remember Cambodia? 2 million brutally killed under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in 1977/78, and the United States did nothing.
The slaughter in Afghanistan, of mostly women and children, if we pull out too soon, will make Cambodia look like a walk in the park.
Scott Getty looks like he's got a nice young girl there. Wonder how he would feel if the Islamists invade the U.S. and force her to wear a burka from head to toe?
Hey, it's "non-interventionism" don't ya know???
Father of fallen Long Island Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. pleads to end war in Afghanistan
"'Get the rest of those boys out of there,' Buckley Sr. said. 'He had only four months left on his tour. There’s no purpose for us being there.'”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/father-fallen-long-island-marine-lance-cpl-gregory-buckley-jr-pleads-war-afghanistan-article-1.1135077