It is not shameful to advocate a policy with which I disagree. Disagreement in and of itself isn’t remotely shameful. Quite the opposite. But it is shameful to advocate a policy on the basis of an assumption that (1) if it is mistaken, you know will cause that policy to generate results exactly the opposite of the good results that you hope that the policy will generate, and (2) if it is not mistaken, implies the existence of exploitable profit opportunities that you can, but mysteriously refuse, to exploit yourself – profit opportunities that you yourself should somehow be able to take advantage of, both for your own private gain and for the good of the people whose welfare you claim to be championing, but the pursuit of which you stubbornly refuse to undertake or to otherwise stake any of your own money on. It’s shameful, therefore, to gamble with the well-being of low-skilled workers on the basis of an assumption that, if not mistaken, you ought to be able somehow to profit from by staking your own skin but on which you nevertheless refuse to gamble anything of your own. Instead, you shamefully remain content only to gamble with the livelihoods of strangers while keeping your own skin safe from testing whether or not your assumption is correct.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:33:08 +0000
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