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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 22:30:39 GMT
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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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