A perfect example of what we call vulgar libertarianism. Here’s an example Anthony Gregory used with me once:
All else being equal, we could reduce spending tremendously by making a small change in the way the federal government operates: simply eliminate cafeterias in federal prisons, without making any other changes. Would this, too, be good, since it reduces spending, or would you admit that in this case, there might be a mistake?
I agree; of all the ways to cut back spending, why choose a tiny one like this that will insult a lot of people?
Well, I think the “why” is obvious, and really has little to do with saving money - even if that’s Sabrin’s reason for it, he knows that people will support him for other reasons, and he’s encouraging them to do so. Wonderful.
My concern is not so much that it will insult a lot of people - I’m concerned that it will disenfranchise a lot of people, and make them unable to access monopolized services. Look, emergency response should be decentralized and provided by competing firms in the marketplace - and if it were, I wouldn’t care what language they do it in. But it isn’t - everyone is fforced to pay for, and use, the same monopoly service. So what we’re telling people who don’t speak English is that they cannot access the service they are being charged for already, and must die instead.
I disagree, though, that taxes are teh problem, not spending. I’d say both are. GIven the option of leaving taxes alone and eliminating 100% of spending, I’d go for it. Just let the politicians pocket the money, and allow the marketplace to provide all needed services. Yes, they’d be parasites, doing nothing, but that’s better than also harming economic calculation.
Yeah, I removed that sentence while you were posting; I was trying to get at this: The government can spend all it wants; if it’s not getting money through taxes, no one should care.
I removed it because the political reality is that taxes aren’t going to fall without cutting spending.
I’ve seen all the evidence to the contrary.
If you have any evidence to the contrary, please, feel free to reveal it.
Then you would not be so stingy in revealing it.
They are sheeple though…
Watch this…
Ron Paul is a pagan because he worships men (James Madison, George Washington, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, etc.) as gods.
Which Is why I was blocked from his youtube page after posting an anti-constitutional argument?
I had made posts about how he was a populist, a tyrant, but then when I posted negatively about the constitution, the comment was removed and I was blocked. He certainly is doing a strange job of showing his complexity.
By the way, McCain is a complex guy, I think he’s a market anarchist really, I’m voting for him.
On the subject of Democracy: Most Paleocons are opposed to democracy and support something called “republic”. Which is so much better! I guess they think the system leads to less government intervention.
I am a leftist and an anarchist.
Ok?
What do you mean by that?
I am a leftist and an anarchist.
Ask.