“One of the greatest mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” — Milton Friedman
One thing the media has harped on with the Democratic presidential candidates that dropped out — especially Elizabeth Warren — is that the intentions of the policies and programs they offered were good. Medicare for All. Free tuition. Disarming ordinary citizens. Intersectionality. All, supposedly, were offered with the best of intentions. Which incidentally, are the paving stones for the road to hell.
The results of these programs or policies if implemented would be execrable. They always are. Takers enslave makers to provide the goods and services offered “free.” Policies intended to make us safer (such as gun control) always have the perverse effect of making things more dangerous. Crime rates are highest in cities with the strictest gun control laws. Policies intended to make things “fair” equally perversely increase unfairness. Generally this is because someone has to measure “fairness” and the power that grants is seductive enough to corrupt anyone.
Results are the reason that while I thought Trump a con-artist in 2016, I will now vote for him in 2020. I strongly mistrusted his character, personality, and intentions. Yet he has delivered on the promises he made in 2016. The economy is stronger, the judiciary is better, taxes and regulations are lower, the United States is safer, and our enemies are weaker. Do I like the man? No. Do I like the results he has delivered? Yes.
Give me good results over good intentions every time.
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