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Re: Fixing the world (was Re: Ldraw cannon
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Mon, 7 Dec 1998 19:35:00 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <366C20C0.1D3A29CA@ctp.IWANTNOSPAM.com>...
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> That's claptrap. Normal people are inherently good, and further,
> properly structured societies incent people to act in their own self
> interest, and cull those that are inherently bad.
Please tell me you don't believe this. You'd lose the shread of respect I
have for your intellect if you do. Read the news. Every day is full of
murder, theft, abuse, and hate. Yet people are good? You don't have to
teach a two-year-old how to say "mine," yet people are good? All of human
history is filled with conquerors and war, but people are good? I'd love to
see you try to explain this one.
> As for pittance wages, remove the 80% (or more, 99% in Sweden, for
> instance) drag of the current govts on the economy and you will see an
> unending boom so large that all that want to work will be able to live
> handsomely. As for those that don't, bleeding hearts can voluntarily
> contribute, and if not, think of it as evolution in action.
Explain.
> Stripping only pays more if the long term costs (leaching, adjacent
> property value reduction, etc) are ignored.
Who cares. They move, leaving the problems for others.
> Abolish the EPA and use tort and (especially) criminal law to go after
> polluters and you'd see a quick reduction in new strip mine projects (as
> well as other polluting projects) .
Explain, using a polluter that isn't falling into disuse like strip mining.
What crimes? As a libertarian, shouldn't you think that the government
should stay out?
> We need strict enforcement of exising law, not regulations that shield
> companies. Minimum standards always turn out to be a shield that
> companies hide behind, they compete to hit the minimum, just barely.
So, in other words, if you drop or eliminate the MW, companies won't even
have to worry about hitting that, and can drop wages as they please. That,
and market forces in a good economy won't force prices above the minimum?
This doesn't sound libertarian to me.
Jesse
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