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Federalism and State funding
I've been struggling to find the right answer to this question: "If California wants government healthcare, why don't they just provide the service at the state level and tax Californians to pay for the expense?" I suspect the answer has to do with what is paid for by state and local taxes and what is paid for by federal taxes, and I suspect an important component of this is that states must balance their budgets while the federal government can print money, borrow money, and run deficits. On top of that, the federal government seems to provide funding for a lot of things that are paid for at the state or local level. One example would be federal highway funding, which was famously held hostage several times in order to force states to comply with federal policies (mostly by Republicans, ironically). It seems like the system is currently structured so as to frustrate the original intent of the Constitution, specifically the 10th Amendment. Can y'all shed some light on how policy authority and funding is now apportioned between states and the federal government? Can you share any broad insights about the strengths and limitations of the current arrangement?
Messing with AI
Hi Guys, Curious if you have dabbled into AI Generation? There are a lot of productivity ones I could imagine Saagar using. What's your take on AI? With the amount coming out it's starting to have the Crypto NFT vibe with how easily everyone is making them. Example Buzzfeed has a cooking assistant AI
Title 9
Hi Guys, I work for a public school in Ohio and had to do my yearly trainings, one if them included Title 9 which I heard was controversial, and after taking the training I don't get what's so bad seems common sense stuff. My boss the Assistant Superintendent is the Title 9 contact for the district and I bluntly asked him what the drama was and was told "Title 9 means we cant discriminate against children for Gender, Race, etc". I don't get what's bad about this, even if I don't buy the whole gender identity issue I still don't think a school should discriminate against a child and deny an education and receive Tax funding.
Follow-up questions on Sohrab Ahmari interview
Maybe I need to read Sohrab Ahmari's book to better understand his takes, but I found his critiques of classical liberalism to be over-simplified. First, he seems to be ignoring obvious differences between global trade during the New Deal era versus today, as if offshoring has never been a thing. At the very least, shouldn't he acknowledge this reality of global trade? Second, he dunks on "the small time rich" or "regional capital", but does he honestly think these businesses pose a "threat of private tyranny"? In reality, the "regional tire distribution" guy plays a more active role in the local community and economy than an Amazon distribution center down the road. Would we be better off with a tire distribution monopoly? His "private tyranny" argument is much more convincing, to both sides of the aisle, when it is focused on topics like big business and regulatory capture. What do you guys think?