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David Galinsky's avatar

Mr. Hagen, am I mistaken to believe that the Constitution protects the individual from Mr. Morrison's wanting to incentivize our behavior? This is my question on equal protection. Can a super market charge Bill Gates $1,000 for a can of coke and me one dollar? I think that's not legal. So why do individuals have different tax liabilities?

Also, do you think there is diversity of opinion among the people standing on the ground when I get ready to jump off the scaffold? How many out of ten think I'm going to hit the ground? Sometimes there should not be diversity of opinion. We all should respect the individual and their right to keep the fruits of his labor. I listened to all two hours on my long drive home from work today. Take care.

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Nick Hagen's avatar

Thank you for listening! Do you remember what part of the podcast prompted the scaffold question?

By the way, I have a guest I’m interviewing this coming Wednesday I think you’re really going to like.

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David Galinsky's avatar

Was my equal protection question too ignorant?

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Nick Hagen's avatar

Never too ignorant, although I’m not sure I follow completely. The Constitution definitely prevents differential treatment of specific people. From what I remember, our equal protection conversation mostly focused on making the Bill of Rights’ prohibitions applicable to state governments, not just the federal government. I wish I remembered each conversation better but there’s always a little bit of “on to the next.”

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David Galinsky's avatar

To incentivize behavior the government must treat some people differently. Does that violate the principle of equal protection? Just let me know when you get tired.

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Nick Hagen's avatar

That’s a legitimately good question worthy of some thought. I’ll get back to you.

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David Galinsky's avatar

Mr. Morrison was talking about going to school with diverse people and ideas. I think that school should instill in students some trueisms. Like gravity. And The Declaration of Independence and that the Constitution was created to enshrine those principles of limited government and individual liberty. Regardless of one's upbringing or disadvantages there are moral truths. Our politics should not focus on what can be “delivered” to certain groups. It should focus on what is best to secure our freedom. I am at a disadvantage because I can't participate in the plunder. Take care.

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Nick Hagen's avatar

Ah, yes! I think he would definitely agree with respect to physical laws like gravity. On the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, I’d have to ask him—I think he’d agree with you in certain respects, although those subjects can feel a little more complicated for those whose ancestors were enslaved at the time. I’ll probably have him on again and we can talk about them.

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David Galinsky's avatar

Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King invoked the promise of the Declaration as the foundation of their argument. As Clinton said, "There is nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed with what is right with America."

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Nick Hagen's avatar

Well put.

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Nick Hagen's avatar

Ah, yes! I think he would definitely agree with respect to physical laws like gravity. On the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, I’d have to ask him—I think he’d agree with you in certain respects, although those subjects can feel a little more complicated for those whose ancestors were enslaved at the time. I’ll probably have him on again and we can talk about them.

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Junior's avatar

Abdullah Abdur-Razzaq was never married to Ora. He was married to Yvonne Warden who was a wonderful woman and the best mother a son could ever have. Ora couldn't have been married to Abdullah because he was married to someone else! Where is the proof that the board of ed sued Ora?

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Junior's avatar

Abdullah Abdur-Razzaq was never married to Ora. He was married to Yvonne Warden who was a wonderful woman and the best mother a son could ever have. Ora couldn't have been married to Abdullah because he was married to someone else!

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Junior's avatar

Abdullah Abdur-Razzaq was never married to Ora. He was married to Yvonne Warden who was a wonderful woman and the best mother a son could ever have. Ora couldn't have been married to Abdullah because he was married to someone else!

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