Community Interests vs Personal Freedom

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Group effort is a good thing, in many instances. Who is going to help the wandering mentally ill homeless? Who is going to see that kids from broken poor families get an education? How is the kid from the dirt-poor family going to go on a mission?

You are right, but the key is in figuring out how much you can saddle your productive members of society with taking care of your non-productive members before you disincentivize their productivity. It is not a bottomless well.