tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post11503702712286982..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Detroit Madness: Wheel Chair Ramps to NowhereRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-79025356145759029942014-10-12T10:03:38.476-04:002014-10-12T10:03:38.476-04:00Curtis -
I imagine it was difficult for your frie...Curtis -<br /><br />I imagine it was difficult for your friend to get around but it certainly wasn't the fault of a lack of social services provided by the Govt that have no economic calculation. Like Averros says above, they have no hope of understanding if what they are doing is useful to anybody. The object is to let entrepreneurs determine if it's a good use of resources to make theirAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548501396685253817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42454241632082265552014-10-12T09:26:39.854-04:002014-10-12T09:26:39.854-04:00Do you really believe installing ramps on curbs th...Do you really believe installing ramps on curbs that go nowhere would have helped your friend get around Curtis? What "we" (YOU) want and what "we" (I) want are two different things. How about this: I won't force you to pay for my wants and you don't force me to pay for yours.Michttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733419377630651345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33845189071450421472014-10-12T03:23:15.049-04:002014-10-12T03:23:15.049-04:00My departed former roommate was bound to a wheelch...My departed former roommate was bound to a wheelchair and his life getting around was pure hell. As a courtesy to him, I'll never oppose these. If we want to have an urban street open to cars, we need sidewalks open to humans, IMHO.Curtis Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11576604647744032229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7886577258145232402014-10-12T02:47:29.911-04:002014-10-12T02:47:29.911-04:00This is what socialism looks like in the real life...This is what socialism looks like in the real life. Soviet Union was like that.<br /><br />The explanation is, of course, requires understanding the economic calculation problem - the bureaucrats spending money which was taken from others by force have no hope of understanding if what they are doing is useful to anybody - this information has been lost the moment they took these money away. It Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27167930875189580152014-10-11T19:27:21.269-04:002014-10-11T19:27:21.269-04:00The ultimate keynesian stimulus: infrastructure jo...The ultimate keynesian stimulus: infrastructure jobs that put people to work. I thought this was supposed to make us rich?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4310076913518383142014-10-11T18:50:01.416-04:002014-10-11T18:50:01.416-04:00The installed curb ramps in a median strips of a b...The installed curb ramps in a median strips of a busy road in my city - in a place where I've never seen any human walk: here's a pic before the repairs:<br /><br />https://plus.google.com/photos/109190733991866233519/albums/6069078843496714913/6069078843835602034?pid=6069078843835602034&oid=109190733991866233519Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807090975131842483noreply@blogger.com