The Role of Government

Governments cannot make men smarter, more loving, more industrious, more caring or even better citizens. Governments only power is negative-- in the sense that it can only prevent and coerce. For example Government can steal wealth form productive resources but it cannot make unproductive businesses productive. Government can regulate artists through censorship (the CRTC and the attempted banning of 50 cent) but it cannot make artists better. Governments power rest with its monopoly on the use of force in society-- a necessity-- but forces only power is to destroy and not create.

An institution that only wields negative powers should never be involved in artistic, intellectual or moral matters. These fields of human endeavor are based on the positive-- the power of creation. Creation requires a free mind. A coerced mind is unable to create and is bound for stagnation. A free rational mind is unlimited in its potential.

Governments proper function is to protect freedom so that the mind is free to think, make value choices and produce.

The Nationalization of Daycare is an example of this. The conservatives want a tax break-- should also have income splitting-- that would allow parents to "choose" how to raise their children while LIberals want to nationalize daycare which through further limitation of parents income-- even higher taxes-- would coerce both parents into working and by default force their kids into the Government daycare.