re: #833 Dan G.

I think that fiscal responsibility is important, but in the context of politics (i.e. the ethics of a polity), the predominant concept that must take root is that other peoples’ things belong to them, no one else. Second, that the sole purpose for government is to defend individuals from enemies/threats, both foreign and domestic. With these two principles as the basis, being fiscal will be a lot easier for the government, and it would provide a basis to prevent subsidization of irresponsibility.

For me, fiscal responsibility and property rights go hand in hand. You can’t ask someone to take personal and fiscal responsibility for themselves, then take away their property- which includes the fruit of their labors. I see individual rights, property rights and fiscal responsibility as all being fairly bound together. They’re components that need each other to function.