all these points , especially knowing that the mayor ' s supporters are so impassioned about his selfless actions . After all , this law is a home run for the mayor . No one can say he is anti-business , he ' s not closing any businesses . They can continue to operate if they want to apply for the new license and rename their product . He is generating revenue for the city . Who can argue with a mayor who is creating wealth for the city . In addition , as a good nanny state public servant , he is protecting the public from eating too many calories and saving them from obesity which everyone hates . Also , the cupcake union was recently dissolved and now all those cupcake makers are enjoying windfall profits . Money they were once paying out to high salaried batter mixers and icing spreaders are now kept in the company due to the fact that the companies can now retain a single mere baker to make the cupcakes himself . The Mayor thinks that is just not fair . This new law is a fitting punishment for those union busting companies . With this law he will be supporting and making many friends in the algaecake industry . They really need some help in the unfair cake market . They have to sell their algaecakes at twice the price of a cupcake . They just can ' t compete . The mayor is committed to evening the playing field . See how confusing it is to argue without principle ? There are so many different paths to go down that can twist and turn in every direction . One argument can turn into an entire maze of arguments . The good news is I DON ” T argue the new law ; I identify the principle and explore how this law stacks up against the principle .
Principle- Individuals are responsible for themselves . They have a Natural Right to do to their own bodies whatever they freely choose , as long as they do not harm , defraud , or aggress another individual . Process-My eating cupcakes within city limits does no harm to another . I have the Natural Right to eat cupcakes . Cupcake makers have the Right to sell cupcakes within city limits . I want to eat cupcakes . The mayors law in effect bans cupcakes . Conclusion- As a result of the Mayor ' s law : under threat of force the ban will preclude me from my Natural Right to eat cupcakes within city limits . Action- I do not support the mayors action . The best part about my new stance concerning the mayor is that I am standing on certainty . I cannot and will not get caught up in the whirlwind of emotions and obfuscations that are bound to be directed toward me when stating my position . I know my principle and the conclusion I reached through reason is perfectly aligned with the principle . I didn ' t have to get involved with any of the traps hidden within the issues . I didn ' t have to rely on any of the media ' s opinions . Most importantly I didn ' t have to know whether the mayors cut-out-cupcakes-end-obesity logic was sound or not . I didn ' t have to research nutritional science to argue whether banning cupcakes will end obesity . I didn ' t have to painstakingly explain that governments cannot create wealth , they can only destroy it . None of that . I stuck to my principle , developed my stance from that principle , and now I can move forward on solid ground in the knowledge that this stance was proven by logic to be the “ proper footing ” on which to stand . It ' s good to be certain .
Some Common Principles of a Free Society
· Rights belong to individuals , not groups , they come from our nature and can neither be granted or taken away by government .
· All peaceful , voluntary economic and social associations are permitted .
· Property is privately owned and this ownership cannot be voided by government .
· Government may not redistribute private wealth or grant special privileges to any individual or group .
· Individuals are responsible for their own actions ; government cannot and should not protect us from ourselves .
· Government may not claim the monopoly over the peoples money .
· ALL forms of involuntary servitude are prohibited .
· Government must obey the laws that it expects other people to obey .
· Government must not attempt to manage the economy .
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