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Editors' Note: Every month, Townhall Magazine highlights some of the outstanding blogs written by users in our community. The following is an entry from Andrews and appears in the June issue of Townhall Magazine.
Some of our most damaging mistakes originate from the simple belief that something is an absolute good. The harm of the environmental movement (or at least the harm done by the most extremist groups) is due to the belief that “nature” is an absolute good. Likewise, much of the nanny-state meddling originates in the related mistake: the belief that “health” is...
Absolute Values and Growing Government
Cost / Benefits
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, for every additional 3 miles per gallon mandates place on auto-manufacturers, 5,000 more people will die on U.S. Highways as a result of less protection resulting from using lighter materials.
Liberals support increasing mandates and more people dying.