Governator
on the right track
*
18 October 2004 - Palm Springs Desert Sun
Gov.
Schwarzenegger was presented with over 1000 bills to sign or veto,
and it was a simple task to separate them into those that increased
freedom, and those that reduced freedom. He didn't always sign the
former or veto the latter, but letter-writer Steven Maviglio’s disappointment
is entirely for the wrong reasons.
Without
exception, the vetoes Mr. Maviglio decries were courageous actions
taken in defense of liberty. Gov. Schwarzenegger understood better
than most that forcing businesses to pay higher wages and benefits
(AKA reducing freedom) would not result in people’s lives being
bettered - rather, it would result in increased unemployment as
the cost of an extra employee would exceed the value that employee
provided. He understood better than most that the onerous regulations
and restrictions on businesses based in California is what is driving
jobs, investment, and entrepreneurship out of the state, and that
reducing regulation (AKA increasing freedom) is the action that
will improve the lives of all Californians - business owners, employees,
retirees, students - everybody.
The
governor’s on the right track - more freedom is always better than
less.
* The Palm Springs Desert Sun has since
changed their file structure, rendering the saved URLs of my printed
letters obsolete
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