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Re: Libertarianism again.
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Wed, 1 Sep 1999 12:47:29 GMT
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Ruthlessly snipped so I could snipe at a few points
Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote:
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> Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote
> > So because a significantly significant number of people are
> > stupid/selfish/non-forward-thinking enough to not save ANY of their
> > income over their entire working lives that justifies the taking of
> > money from others to pay for their problems?
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> Yes. How we do so is the question, not whether we do it at all.
Disagree. Whether we do it at all is INDEED the question. For those who
choose not to make provisions for their future, or choose not to decide,
still have made a choice. THEIR choice, THEIR consequences.
> I suspect I'm off the far left end of the USA scale. I think that the
> government has an obligation to directly control natural monopolies
Well, that's a relief! We're safe from that, there ARE no natural
monopolies
> I don't see that. But then I live in a country where the top 10% are
> only 100x richer than the bottom 10%. The USA has it much worse.
Better, you mean, right? If you can only get to be 100x richer than the
poorest person you don't have much to shoot for, do you?
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| (...) And their children? Is it their choice as well? Are you happy for their children to grow up in poverty? (...) Blimey - what planet do you live on??? Natural monopolies are a standard recognised part of economic theory. They occur for all sorts (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote (...) Yes. How we do so is the question, not whether we do it at all. Unless you have some cost-free way of removing them from society. (...) What's "yours" is vested in you by the government, and those (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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