If mr. Bessemer has a reason to come back, have him answer the question of how to achieve freedom from homelessness. It's a concept fit for a faculty lounge circle jerk. Freedom of speech is real, as a natural right that has long been protected by equal treatment before the law. Everyone is born and invested with freedom of speech, and government can serve the purpose of protecting it. How would it bestow a new right to house everyone, but by taking resources from those who produce a surplus, and rationing them so equitable resources are received by the broader, needy public. That's sounds a little like the golden goose problem of every totalitarian dictatorship in history. There is no clever way, yet discovered, to squeeze the life out of the goose and still get the golden eggs. Take away, nice try, but you'll have to explain how that's a better deal for me, before I'll ever part with a single red cent.
If mr. Bessemer has a reason to come back, have him answer the question of how to achieve freedom from homelessness. It's a concept fit for a faculty lounge circle jerk. Freedom of speech is real, as a natural right that has long been protected by equal treatment before the law. Everyone is born and invested with freedom of speech, and government can serve the purpose of protecting it. How would it bestow a new right to house everyone, but by taking resources from those who produce a surplus, and rationing them so equitable resources are received by the broader, needy public. That's sounds a little like the golden goose problem of every totalitarian dictatorship in history. There is no clever way, yet discovered, to squeeze the life out of the goose and still get the golden eggs. Take away, nice try, but you'll have to explain how that's a better deal for me, before I'll ever part with a single red cent.