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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:25:12 GMT, "Richard Franks"
<spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:

Sounds more likely to me that they'd sponser specific children from early
childhood to working age. It's a lot cheaper, you get much more focussed
workers and they already know how to do the job before they start working if
you indoctrinate them enough.

You think that's a _good_ thing?

You think a child in "early childhood" is qualified to make the choice
of not only profession, but even lifelong employer? Sounds like
slavery, by any other name.

Aside from that, you think that corporations will take a view _that_
long-term? Corporations don't look that far into the future. Then
suddenly if there's scarcity of workers, what they _won't_ do is start
a program that only reaps benefits 15 years on.

So there is the existing tax system, and replacing it is a system of charity
which (the government?) decides to give $X to education, $Y to defence etc.

Which individual donors decide _how_ to spend.

Which brings up the issue - who decides what the tax-deductible rates are for
donating to healthcare, education, etc?

As it's organised here, _any_ donations to non-profit organisations,
up to certain sums, are deductable from your gross income as a lump
sum.

The idea that people actually are basically good. Of course while this is

Sure. But basically good doesn't automatically translates into
"actually and actively good".

That seems obvious to me. Look around you.

Jasper



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  Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) Er, no. (...) No! (...) Yep! (...) Actually, I agree - but the Frank's assumption that I was responding to was that corperations would invest in education because the job market would become so tight due to the benefits of Libertarianism. You (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
One thing to point out here is that these scholarships are ONLY going to be needed for the people that can't afford the 1-2K USD or so per child per year to pay tuition. I of course feel that will be a VERY small set. Way under 1% of the population. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) <nitpick> Libertarian documentation is full of (correct) comments about how such government systems are woefully inefficient, and how they would be made much less inefficient under Libertopia.</nitpick> (...) Sounds more likely to me that (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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