Alypius Skinner wrote Thus some sort of > balance must be struck between compassion for our fellow man and maintaining > the incentives for temptation-prone people (who are often the same as the > incompetent or semi-competent people) to resist temptation.
But where do you suppose such a balance is most accurately struck? in a public market for redistribution - or a private one? my money is on te latter - jacob braestrup