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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