Conservative Vs Progressive Governments

In a current interview, Thomas Sowell, an American economist and author and Senior Fellow at Hoover Institute, who turned 80 this year discussed his new book and suggestions in an interview. In his new book, Dismantling America: and other controversial essays. and in the interview he lays out his philosophy of government, which is the Conservative position of laissez-faire (significantly much less regulation) of financial activity and of government intervention of social values.

I've often admired Professor Sowell and have enjoyed numerous of his books, especially in the region of economics and his understanding of absolutely free trade which is based on no cost association and exchange. But as a 'former' Conservative for over 30 yrs I've come to the realization that the major distinction in between Progressives and conservatives is what they want the federal government to regulate. Pros want to regulate financial activity to create social outcomes of collective equality, justice and peace, though Cons favor to leave financial activity to a freer and much less regulated model but on the other hand favor to intervene into societal values with federal powers. My assertion is that social values and financial values work in tandem and responsd to open markets in equivalent approaches, and that to have a wholesome economy and 'values' wealthy society is to have significantly much less regulations and additional freedom of association and transaction.

The framers of our constitution in truth grappled with this and in their brilliance came up with a divided government that enumerate precise powers of the federal government which had been 'negative' concerning liberty and left all else to the States which may well be either 'negative' or 'positive' liberty, but warned against the latter. Negative Liberty is like Adam's relationship with God in the garden, "All else you are totally free to do, but remain away from this tree" vs God's relationship with the Israelites via Mosaic Law, "these 613 laws you Need to carry out to qualify". JS Mill place Negative Liberty this way in his Harm Principle, "That the only objective for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to stop harm to other people. " As Jefferson stated, "The very best government is the One that governs least." Doesn\'t it make sense that if you or I can barely (a least we feel) regulate our personal houses, then why would we consider far more power in Washington, DC would permit for superior regulatory outcomes.

Also, with the exceptional personalities, talents and physical demands from house to house, wouldn't it make sense that how you govern successfully may well be unique than how I would in my house? Managing from 30,000 feet is considerably much less helpful and may be dangerous and counter productive versus managing close and on the ground. The framers understood this, and looked to a number of sources and historical events to conclude that 'macro government' Need to be negative in its application of law (like the garden) but that States and their local precincts may possibly experiment in positive liberty. So problems like marriage, drugs, land rights, banking, and so forth, they left to the States to make a decision. The essence of the Constitution was to limit power and maximize liberty, but to let the Federal Government to step in when those liberties have been violated, the powers left to the States depending upon each and every State's Charter or Constitution allowed for them to 'dabble' in positive liberty to regulate particular values - but forewarned them to proceed at their very own peril.

Christopher M. Mahon
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