What is the Roll of Government?
It’s an age old question, one that (theoretically) divides progressives from conservatives and all that jazz. But here is a definition that I think most folks on either side of the aisle can get behind: the government’s roll in our society is to protect us from what we can not protect our selves from. That means militarily, that means financially, and increasingly that means environmentally. I can go an entire year with a zero carbon footprint, but that is completely undone by one person driving around New York in a stretch navigator for a weekend. At some point, that fact is that I can’t protect myself fully from other peoples actions… in which case isn’t it the government’s responsibility to do that, or to provide me an option for protecting myself?
Interesting stuff. We will see if it manages to make it out of the Energy Committee and onto the floor of the House.
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