In my latest National Post column I say people who want a government strategy for every problem lack faith in the creativity and decency of human beings especially including Canadians.
On Wednesday I discussed my National Post column on even conservative politicians thinking government is the answer to every problem with Scott Radley on 900 CHML Global News Radio.
In my latest National Post column I say this apparently ridiculous question needs serious attention because no politician anywhere seems to be able to think of anything the state cannot or should not do.
“Dig the well before we’re thirsty…”
Alan Sager, Professor of Health Services, Director, Health Reform Program, Boston University School of Public Health, “How to Shape Health Care Technology We Can Afford,” presented to “Affording Health Care’s Future” Massachusetts Association of Health Plans Second Annual Conference, Boston, November 21, 2003 [please do not ask me how such a thing got into my notes]
“the observable phenomenon that trees don’t grow to the sky.”
John Dizard (“Gekko”) in National Review June 2, 1997 on the perils of projecting trends forward
In my latest National Post column I deplore Canadian governments’ casual way of denying citizens information even on matters of life and death.