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Originally Posted by armourbearer  I don't think blaming the govt. is going to deal with the issue. |
Well it depends on what they did, if they deserve blame or not. Also just by experience shortages either do not exist or exist very briefly when government is not involved. And as you yourself admitted, the problems go away when one does not have shortages. The fastest way of getting rid of shortages is by the bare free market.
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Honestly, I don't know what the strategic answer is, given that urbanisation seems to inevitably lead to this problem; but I do know our govts. have a responsibility to the poor and oppressed and not to put economic growth first.
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I think everyone agrees that the government has a God given responsibility to the poor as well as to the rich. The question is what does that look like.
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As God's ordinance they accomplish much good, and we as Christians should be the first to recognise it. Their moral failings should be our major concern, not their fiscal policies.
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It is pretty hard to separate fiscal politices away from the morality of those politicies.
Here is an analogy that might help to see my view of the housing shortage. A poor person is diagnosed some illness. The doctor says that it can be fixed with surgery but they will be out of work for two weeks. After that time, they will be good to go and pain free. Or they can take a pill, be in constant pain, they will be less effective in almost everything they do, but they will not have to miss any work.
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