All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
There are lots of people shaping decisions, and so if we want to predict correctly, we have to pay attention to everybody who is trying to shape the outcome, not just the people at the pinnacle of the decision-making pyramid.
Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.
So key for making smart decisions is a mindset that actively monitors and is open to shifting tides and new information, one that is acutely aware that the interplay between our environment and its outcomes is ever in flux.
We try to make sensible decisions with the facts in front of us. The problem with sensible decisions is that so is everyone else.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.