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Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 02:16:58 GMT
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:37:32 GMT, "Richard Franks"
<spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote:

Worth the cost to whom? Libitarian views suggest that services would be
provided by third party service providers. What if education needs subsidies -
ie the majority of parents can't afford to give their children an education
without taxes?

Presumably, if a society as a whole gets richer from educating the
poor, companies will donate enough to make it possible.

The big fallacy is that the vast majority of companies don't look
further ahead than next quarter, up to a year or maybe 5 years at the
very most.

PS. Please don't take my tone personally, the impact that Libitarian policies
could have is just sinking in to me.. although I may have misinterpreted :)

I had that epiphany a few months ago. Same subject, actually.

Jasper



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  Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) That's fine for the people who can afford to do so. Wouldn't this create a set of uber communities that had all the services, and lower class communities that had no services and people couldn't afford to move out of? Seriously, why not just (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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