Comments on: GOP Legislator Calls For More Government Intervention, Increased Fines for Pennsylvania Milk Producers

By: Sen. Vogel: We Need a Law to Define ‘Milk’ - The Lancaster Patriot

Sen. Vogel: We Need a Law to Define ‘Milk’ - The Lancaster Patriot — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:22:55 +0000

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By: Chris Hume

Chris Hume — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:49:19 +0000

Erik, I appreciate your comments and understand what you are saying. Which part of the piece would you say is opinion? (No doubt the quotes from Mustello, Redding, Hayek, and O’Driscoll provide their own opinions, which are different from one another.) The only paragraph that I think could be interpreted as the opinion of the writer is this one: “While the Republican Party often criticizes the Democrats as the party of socialism and government overreach, Republican proposals such as Mustello’s reveal the GOP is not averse to setting prices, manipulating the market, and intervening to penalize violations of manmade market regulations.” However, I would contend that is not opinion at all, but fact. And the article does not state whether or not price setting, etc. is wrong. It simply states that the GOP affirms it despite saying gov’t should get out of manipulating business (which they undeniably do when critiquing the Dems; again that is a fact, not opinion) and states that there are other thinkers who oppose that sort of thing. Thanks for interacting, I always appreciate the feedback.

By: Erik Ek

Erik Ek — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:35:32 +0000

One of the great things about The Lancaster Patriot is that much more often than not, you can read a news article and have no idea what are the writer’s personal opinions about the subject. Not so here. While one might agree with those opinions, respectfully, they belong in the Perspectives section.