Originally posted by Seastallion
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What she and libertarians refuse to accept is that as beautifully simplistic and intuitively correct the system is, it simply isn't efficient, which their whole argument (from an economic/developmental standpoint) tends to hinge upon. By forcing everyone to pull themselves up from their bootstraps, you're sacrificing massive quantities of untapped potential in the form of countless people who's only route to opportunity is via state help.
You could have the next Einstein living in a dive in Baltimore, but oops, he's poor, so no schooling for him and no Earth-shattering scientific breakthroughs for you!
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