tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844842405806264029.post182472588533693768..comments2023-10-04T16:53:47.010-05:00Comments on A Voice Of Liberty: Can We Afford This War?Peter Nayland Kusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676552912495663957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844842405806264029.post-44591312668737305552010-01-15T13:46:33.142-06:002010-01-15T13:46:33.142-06:00I disagree that the logic is circular. I merely p...I disagree that the logic is circular. I merely point out that if one does NOT want something, the issue of whether or not it is affordable is moot; something that is undesirable will be had only if it is in some fashion mandatory.<br /><br />Thus, yes, a discussion of affordability is predicated upon an implicit assumption of desirability. With respect to Afghanistan, if the war is undesirable, then any reason for its continuance must be sufficiently compelling to override a desire to not continue the war. To argue that the war is undesirable yet "affordable" would be a ludicrous position to take; who would argue that one should be ill merely because one can "afford" the illness?<br /><br />Extending that reasoning to healthcare, if the sole charge against the Republicans is that they complain about the cost of health care "reform", the conclusion must be that Republicans do want to reform healthcare, but they do not see the nation and the public fisc as having the resources to support the reforms proffered by the Democrats. I am of the opinion that this is indeed the case in many respects, although there are a great many arguments also to be made that the healthcare "reforms" proffered by the Democrats are, in a society predicated upon personal liberty such as the United States, in truth undesirable.Peter Nayland Kusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499991421248784683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844842405806264029.post-52087996819297952452010-01-15T13:30:34.658-06:002010-01-15T13:30:34.658-06:00(In every instance, the question of affordability ...(In every instance, the question of affordability is contingent on the question of desirability--we must want the house, or the car, or the meal, or the war, before the question of affordability can have any relevance. The antecedent to "can we afford this war?" is "do we desire this war?")...from the post<br /><br />Interesting excercise in circular logic. So, according to you, by merely asking the question "Can we afford this?" you are apparently expressing your desire to have it. Logic would then dictate that if you were to express the sentiment that "I dont think we can afford this." you are really saying "I don't want that." <br /><br />It's all so clear now. That explains why Republicans always complain about the cost of Healthcare Reform. They don't want it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com