Scams and Education

I have for maybe 40 years believed that to fall for some scams one has to have a certain level of education. Organic food being the one that comes easiest to mind. The scientists who study fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides acknowledge that they are very safe and have greatly helped mankind. Yet the among those with post secondary education organic food s are quite popular even while among the less educated they have little draw.

BUT I realized that I have not applied that to my own beliefs about governance.

I support a UBI but less educated working people seem to think it will lead to bad outcomes, to too many people not working and perhaps getting high and drunk first thing every morning.

I support full legalization of all drugs except antibiotics without prescription. That includes heroin and even fentanyl. I think legal companies would dose more accurately. But most people think this will lead to more death and abuse.

I'm sticking with may positions but with a little less confidence. 

Added later:

I just (08/19/2021) ran into this: 

The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs 

Gun Control and Police

Many Democrats believe that 1-3 percent of police are corrupt/arrogant/racist etc. They also want more gun control which would need to be enforced by those police. 

So the assumption must be that the gains from more gun control laws would out weigh the costs of having he police we have enforce the laws by a good margin. 

I'd like to see their estimates of the costs of gun control particularly to young men and young black men.

Female Education not Income is the Most Reliable Correlate of Low TFR

A comment on MarginalRevolution.com said:

 Female education is the most reliable correlate of low TFR

it looks like children get in the way of schooling AND school gets in the way having children, and that makes more educated women end up having fewer children and more educated women tend to be richer but it's not that they are richer.

I agree with the above comment and IMO it shows a lack of confidence in men and marriage. Especially when they are encouraged to study fields where there are well paid jobs, like accounting.  I understand that because the idea is so popular, it is very risky to go rogue.  Nevertheless I'm amazed at the attitudes toward this and the modern idea that getting pregnant and then marring the father is compounding the mistake, in my very conservative fundamentalist church. All the parents want their daughters to get a money earning education and I once brought up for discussion the idea that a girl getting pregnant and then marring the father is compounding the mistake and everyone agreed that it was indeed not good to "compound the mistake". I myself am not so sure, many men/families do well in such situation, but everyone else seemed all in and automatic on the modern idea.  My Grandfather sent back to relatives in Italy to send a suitable wife which they did and they had a good marriage, so I think marriage is more random that folks think anyway.

Interesting.

Disclosure I have no daughters just 2 sons.

David Goldhill's 3 Great Points

 David Goldhill make's 3 great points that I've not read elsewhere.

• That emergency care is not so expensive to deliver. He says if you don't believe it, go to an emergency room and look around.
• The fact that on an annual basis 90% of healthcare is purchased by 10% of people is not unlike many other products. Like homes, refrigerators, cars etc.
• One out of five 90 year olds will have surgery on the year of their death, when no surgery is recommended for someone over 90 years old.

I believe he has said some wrong things also.

Here is an idea that fits with his view of healthcare. 

And here is the one guy trying to explain why we put up with the craziness in medical care.

Time for the Federal Government to Step in and Force California to Liberalize Building

Time for the Federal Government to step in and force California to liberalize building, it has the best weather in the USA. The Feds have the right under the the commerce clause. Governments in California are in effect restricting trade between states and denying people's right to build on their own land. 

The Feds also need to step in on stadiums and tax breaks to attract businesses.