Raise the federal gas tax? (economy, state, constitution, world)
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The tone of my post is that corporate and government agencies drive the planning of our communities, and they have planned them in such a way that militates against the freedom of people who might choose to walk to work. Do you care about their freedoms?
Work centers (we are no longer industrials) are often located in areas with easy access. People today do not want to (generally) to walk to work. They do not want to be that close to their employer.
Therefore, and IMO, it is a non issue
People will live where they want to. Will drive as much as they want to.
People who see only freedoms and none of the responsibilities that come with them are always trouble...
In the context of this thread - are you then suggesting that people should not have the freedoms to live wherever they wish? To drive how much they wish?
People who see only freedoms and none of the responsibilities that come with them are always trouble...
I am of course, a firm believer that with freedom comes responsibility. No "rugged individualist" would deny that basic, foundational truth.
But to take your comment in the context of jtur88's point (choosing where we live) it comes off sounding like our "responsibility" is to only live close to work, only ride bicycles or mass transit, and/or walk places instead of driving our eeee-vil nasty automobiles!
In the context of this thread - are you then suggesting that people should not have the freedoms to live wherever they wish? To drive how much they wish?
WOW! We posted almost the same thing within 2 mins. of each other
I am of course, a firm believer that with freedom comes responsibility. No "rugged individualist" would deny that basic, foundational truth.
Half the posts in P&OC are by self-proclaimed sovereigns refusing to accept any responsibility at all.
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Originally Posted by LancasterNative
But to take your comment in the context of jtur88's point (choosing where we live) it comes off sounding like our "responsibility" is to only live close to work, only ride bicycles or mass transit, and/or walk places instead of driving our eeee-vil nasty automobiles!
Your responsibility is to realize that your selfish actions have implications for others. The freedom to live where you want and how you can may include various options that would be most responsibly foregone.
Your responsibility is to realize that your selfish actions have implications for others. The freedom to live where you want and how you can may include various options that would be most responsibly foregone.
Depends on how you intend to exercise this freedom of yours. In general, any act that elevates the interests or preferences of self while dismissing or denigrating the legitimate interests of others is selfish...
Am I to deduce from your post that people exercising freedom = trouble?
Yes, if they are immature and act like spoiled children, and there is no nanny to make them mind.
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