tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post7835218829435236207..comments2024-03-28T03:16:14.104-04:00Comments on Noahpinion: On the Legalisation of Marijuana & the War on DrugsNoah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-89905956334967373752013-09-14T03:22:15.272-04:002013-09-14T03:22:15.272-04:00If so i need that now! XpIf so i need that now! XpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-80057275484015023722013-09-11T05:36:29.132-04:002013-09-11T05:36:29.132-04:00Nathanael, is every bakery going to be a success? ...Nathanael, is every bakery going to be a success? Obviously not...right? If that were the case then poverty would be eliminated because everybody who lacked money would be guaranteed money simply by starting a bakery. No need for redistribution. <br /><br />So what factors determine whether a bakery will be successful or not? Maybe it simply boils down to luck? That can't be right. The fact of the matter is that it's a given that some bakers are going to make less mistakes than other bakers. As a result, some bakeries are going to be more successful than others. <br /><br />It boils down to insight and foresight. A successful baker sees more accurately than an unsuccessful baker. And it's up to consumers to determine which baker sees more accurately. <br /><br />You want to redistribute wealth from a wealthy baker to a poor baker? You want to give more influence to people who see less accurately? You want to take flour from a successful baker and give it to an unsuccessful baker? <br /><br />Your intentions are good, but unfortunately, because you're failing to think things through you're simply increasing the severity of the problem you're trying to solve. <br /><br />If you truly want the poor to have better options in life...then you have to think things through. Better options depend on people doing better things with society's limited resources. Consumers determine who exactly are the people who are doing better things with society's limited resources. The people they give their positive feedback (money) to are the people with the most insight/foresight. Therefore, we all will greatly benefit by allowing taxpayers to choose where their taxes go. Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-67035214045158955492013-09-11T03:10:37.448-04:002013-09-11T03:10:37.448-04:00Your problem is that you don't understand the ...Your problem is that you don't understand the crucial importance of redistribution of wealth.<br /><br />I'd actually support a system where each person got to decide what to do with their proportion of the government budget. However, it is critical to have high taxes on the rich and no taxes on the poor. If you don't do that, the system decays into manorialism.Nathanaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-25397373596699929922013-09-11T03:08:08.793-04:002013-09-11T03:08:08.793-04:00Uh, we can't actually tell that, because *repo...Uh, we can't actually tell that, because *reporting* on alcohol consumption became impossible. Data on alcohol consumption during Prohibition is inherently suspect, for obvious reasons.<br /><br />That's one of the problems with prohibitionist policies. This is one reason tax-and-regulate policies work better: it makes it possible to TELL whether they're working.Nathanaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-8848165478112279332013-09-10T09:32:25.938-04:002013-09-10T09:32:25.938-04:00"Every home with an advanced 3-D printer will..."Every home with an advanced 3-D printer will be able to print drugs, both traditional recipes and experimental ones."<br /><br />3-D printers that print at the atomic level? I think you have been reading too much science fiction.reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958786975015285323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-20659334718570975962013-09-04T06:25:15.130-04:002013-09-04T06:25:15.130-04:00can 3-d printers produce bud?can 3-d printers produce bud?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804081915213744666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-68589246787646073022013-09-04T04:50:18.075-04:002013-09-04T04:50:18.075-04:00I've often considered the 2 dumbest facets of ...I've often considered the 2 dumbest facets of world war 2 upon medications has been the particular enrichment from the drug cartels and making my personal nephew to keep company with someone who markets break merely because he wants a number of bud.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vipmmobank.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV.Gold" rel="nofollow">Final Fantasy XIV Gil</a><br /><a href="http://www.vipmmobank.com/Path-Of-Exile.Items" rel="nofollow">POE Items </a><br />cheap rs goldhttp://www.joyrs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-43187821319490525632013-09-01T09:40:14.788-04:002013-09-01T09:40:14.788-04:00The Prohibition was no failure, that's a myth ...The Prohibition was no failure, that's a myth - alcohol consumption went down a whooping 75%. The question is, however, whether or not that success was worth all the cost that you mention - especially the rise of organized crime. But that's another story. Stefan Sassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504751435668017553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-42025708762878845792013-08-31T21:27:03.238-04:002013-08-31T21:27:03.238-04:00I have always thought the two dumbest aspects of t...I have always thought the two dumbest aspects of the war on drugs was the enrichment of the drug cartels and forcing my nephew to associate with someone who sells crack merely because he wants some weed.Rothosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-58877961193046408072013-08-31T06:13:05.258-04:002013-08-31T06:13:05.258-04:00Bootleggers and BaptistsBootleggers and BaptistsTelhttp://lnx-bsp.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-37587900401717997092013-08-31T06:08:49.654-04:002013-08-31T06:08:49.654-04:00Nice post! I really like the part about opportuni...Nice post! I really like the part about opportunity cost. I've been harassing Noah for years about that concept. <br /><br />The thing is...you're not really getting to the heart of the problem...<br /><br />"They will not indeed submit to more labours and privations than other people, for the relief of distressed fellow creatures: but they make amends by whining over them more. It is not difficult to trace this sort of affectation to its cause. It originates in the common practice of bestowing upon feelings that praise which actions alone can deserve." - J.S. Mill<br /><br />People vote for things that they wouldn't be be willing to personally pay for. The war on drugs isn't the first time that it's happened...and it certainly won't be the last. The solution? Give people the opportunity to put their own tax dollars where their mouths are. <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2013/08/frequently-asked-questions-faq.html" rel="nofollow">Pragmatarianism</a> would effectively solve the preference revelation problem and ensure the optimal provision of public goods. Can I getta w00t w00t? Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.com