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Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Date: 
Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:47:30 GMT
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Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote:
(or more) money will be spent. The difference will be that instead of
politicians spending the money to win popularity contests, the charities
will be vyeing for your hard earned dollars, which you are going to spend on
the charity which accomplishes the most bang for its buck.

Ah, so the charities are like a mini dollar-electable government?


Sounds that way to me. It's Better than a one-vote-per-person system,
because this way those who are wealthy (and therefore more qualified to
decide what is good for society) get more say. Bill Gates [1] obviously
shoud have 25 million times more say than I do. As Orwell might say, he's 25
million times more equal than I am. And that's not even considering the fact
that we're still repaying school debt. When you figure that in, he's
infinitely more qualified.



[1] Comparing things to Bill Gates' wealth is probably as bad as bringing in
the Nazis, isn't it?

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  Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) Only inasfar as Bill Gates is a nazi. And despite my intense dislike for the man, who definitely shouldn't have 25 million times more say than anyone else, I doubt he is _that_. Jasper (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Libitarian guff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) So you would agree that education and poverty are areas which could do a lot more than they do now if they were more efficient with the money they recieve? Reorganise away, but remember that the Market isn't neccessarily the best optimiser, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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