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Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:34:33 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.com*avoidspam*
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> > I was a little stunned at the opinions of some people. I heard things
> > like, "well, if the government stole, as you put it, less money from
> > us, do you honestly believe that people would, out of the goodness of
> > their hearts, give more to charitable organizations?" I think they
> > would.
>
> I hate to bring up the old religion thing, but it is relevant. One of the
> greatest difficulties that the average westerner has in accepting the
> Libertarian idea that people are basically good, is that one of the central
> tenets of (mainstream) western religion is the depravity of mankind.
> Fortuanately there are several western religions whose basis is the
> essential goodness of mankind.
I agree.
I'd also point out that the person who was most adamant about thinking
it is "human nature" to be selfish and not give, no matter how much
you do or do not have taken from you by the government was the person
who somewhat proudly admitted to not giving a dime/hour himself.
'Course, he also said he thinks that "the rich" (you know, everyone
with more money than him) might very well give a tiny bit more, but
they would probably just use more of their money for their own good if
they didn't have to pay it in taxes. As if that's a bad thing.
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