Thoughts on BC Politics and More

... a second product of that earlier post was a question in the comments section: what about people - like libertarians - who don’t fit so neatly on the right-left spectrum? Does the Canadian Election Study data have anything to say about them? First, we should define exactly what a libertarian might be. The academic figure most often associated with libertarians is the Nobel laureate economist, Milton Friedman. So that’ll be as good a place as any to find a working definition. As a rule, Friedman believed that governments should engage only in activities that the market cannot do effectively on its own. For Friedman, those activities would be limited to ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Y esterday's post ( I CAN'T support that kind of campaign, or a party that would allow a leadership team to okay that kind of campaigning )   sure generated a lot of interest, and comments.   From personal emails I received, to comments on my own blog, to comments on the Armchair Mayor's blog, people certainly had thoughts on me spoiling my ballot.   Here's a sampling of what folks had to say: Pierre ... I always maintained that a government not only has the responsibility to “govern” but it also has the responsibility to set the moral tone among the masses. Similarly to a family, where parents cannot expect righteousness in their children if themselves, behave amorally. I never thought much of Ms. Clark, I think even less of her now and it is obvious she has to go. The “X”, no matter how big it is across the ballot won’t help.   Hold your nose, put a smaller “X” where the pollsters tell you to and then pat yourself in the back, because t...