Gun Owners are their own worst enemy

[eric/]

Originally Posted by lannister80

Uh, yes. It's called social policy.

Banning gay marriage = social policy.

Originally Posted by lannister80

So are grenades and child pr0n. Your point?

Grenades, no prob, child porn requires the initiation of force against a child.

[citizenzen]

Originally Posted by eric/

Banning gay marriage = social policy.

Yup. You got it.

It may not be policy I agree with, but it is another example of social engineering.

[lannister80]

Originally Posted by eric/

Banning gay marriage = social policy.

Agreed.

Tax benefits of being married = social policy

[eric/]

Originally Posted by lannister80

Agreed.

Tax benefits of being married = social policy

what are some other social policies we could do?

Tax single people heavily, make them get married.

Limit on # of children (don't want to have too many now)

IQ test or certain income level to have children.

I think those are some good ones to start with.

[xShane]

Originally Posted by eric/

what are some other social policies we could do?

Tax single people heavily, make them get married.

Limit on # of children (don't want to have too many now)

IQ test or certain income level to have children.

I think those are some good ones to start with.

Can't tell if serious or...

Seriously hope not serious.

[eric/]

Originally Posted by xShane

Can't tell if serious or...

Seriously hope not serious.

Well you're advocating creating social policy based on economics. So why not throw in some more economical social policies?

[lannister80]

Originally Posted by eric/

Tax single people heavily, make them get married.

We already do that. See my post above.

Originally Posted by eric/

Limit on # of children (don't want to have too many now)

We already do the opposite (child tax credit of $1000/child).

Originally Posted by eric/

IQ test or certain income level to have children.

Good luck getting that one made into law. I think it would be constitutional, though.

[eric/]

Originally Posted by lannister80

We already do that. See my post above.

Which post?

Originally Posted by lannister80

We already do the opposite (child tax credit of $1000/child).

I didn't say anything about what we do now.

Originally Posted by lannister80

Good luck getting that one made into law. I think it would be constitutional, though.

Well would you support it then?

I guess what i'm asking is how do you justify social policies that encourage or discourage society from behaving a certain way?

[hulugu]

Originally Posted by eric/

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Grenades, no prob, child porn requires the initiation of force against a child.

Sure, but that's arguably a second crime. Currently, we take force against the ownership and distribution of child pornography. By your argument about property, this would have to change since someone who makes child pornography could argue that the equipment, video and subsequent digital files are all property. Only the person who actually committed acts against the child could be held accountable.

[citizenzen]

Originally Posted by eric/

what are some other social policies we could do?

Tax single people heavily, make them get married.

Limit on # of children (don't want to have too many now)

IQ test or certain income level to have children.

I think those are some good ones to start with.

So start a petition.

Or run for office on those ideas.

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Originally Posted by eric/

Well you're advocating creating social policy based on economics. So why not throw in some more economical social policies?

Reasonableness plays some part in the decision.