ok, let try this again… tried to post this yesterday and it didn’t go well…
Let us take a look at modern life… what actions do we take that
improve the environment… and we are not talking about climate change or
the earth’s environment, we are talking about the human environment…
the environment that human beings create in their contact with each other…
how do we create a better environment that allows people to become who they are?
it is often said that taxes are the price of having a civilization… you need taxes to create
a safe and stable and secure environment for human beings, to allow people to create
their own lives… which countries in the world has created safe, stable and secure
environment for their people? it is the counties with the higher taxes… there is a direct
relationship between taxes paid and a country’s safety and stability… if you argue for less
taxes, you are arguing for less safety and less security and less stability in that country…
less taxes means more chaos in a country and is less conductive for human beings to
become who they are…
thinkin in terms of pocketbook politics runs the risk of dismissing the more
important aspects of human life… or said another way, you get what you pay for…
if you want your environment to be a safe and stable and secure place, you and
everyone else, must pay for it…
now occasionally, my wife will get cheap on the weirdest things, but
getting cheap on certain things is not only a bad idea but also a dangerous one…
like parking in San Francisco, you can find cheap spots to park to park, but at what
risk to your car? I would rather spend the money and feel better about my car being
in one piece when I get back… not only for the car, but in piece of mind while we are
out and about walking the streets of S.F… There is no difference between spending a bit
more for a safe environment for my car and paying a bit more for the safety and security
of my civilization…creating a safe and secure environment for all of us… and that cost
money…
so a private tax cut to benefit a small or single group of people that hurts our ability
to create a better environment, hurts all of us… it is being cheap at the wrong time…
I bring this up as a means of understanding how we are connected to our public
environment… creating a safe and stable public space is just as important as
creating a safe and secure private space… like your home…
think of your living space as a safe and stable environment… you feel safe and secure
in your private living space and, and that is how we should feel in our public spaces…
Now what do we have to do to make our public spaces as safe and secure and stable as
our private spaces? and that is the question? how do we achieve this?
Paying taxes is one way to achieve safety and security and stability in our public
spaces, another way is of an active and engage community making sure its public
spaces is safe and secure and stable… it is in everyone’s best interest that we create
safe and secure and stable public spaces… you want to be able to walk out of your front
door and feel just as safe and secure as you do in your living space…everyone does…
and if say, I don’t want a safe and secure public space, you are lying…
public policy must be engaged with creating a safe, secure, stable public places and
it is only by paying taxes can we achieve this vision…
I cannot be me until I exist in a safe and secure and stable environment and you
cannot be you unless you exists in a safe and secure and stable public space/
environment…
so when we think about public policy, we must think in terms of creating
safe, secure and stable public and, and private spaces/ environments…
Kropotkin