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Re: From Harry Browne
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Tue, 7 Nov 2000 14:33:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Do You Want Smaller Government?
Ayup!
> by Harry Browne
I just returned from the poll. He got at least one vote in district 8 of NJ.
My rotten traitorous wife voted for Gore because she doesn't want Roe v. Wade
overturned. ;-)
> If you do, the first step toward getting it is
> obvious:
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> You must stop supporting those who are making
> government bigger.
Maybe, maybe not. See below.
> You can't go east by moving west. It's a physical
> impossibility.
Unless you go far enough.
> You can't make government smaller by rewarding
> those who make government bigger. It's a political
> impossibility.
No. It isn't. Some of us -- the minarchists of America -- believe that the
only way to get where we want is to encourage the bloat while stealing
everything we can from it until it collapses under it's own weight and then
using our money and influence to rebuild a proper government. One with
stronger safeguards for the future of liberty than our original constitution
did.
> Only when you begin asking for what you really
> want do you have any chance of getting it.
Only when you take what you want, do you get it.
> Al Gore wants to make government bigger. He's
> proposed a long list of new government programs.
Duh!
> George W. Bush wants to make government bigger.
> He's proposed an equally long list of new
> government programs to show that he's as
> compassionate as Mr. Gore -- as though government
> taking your money is an act of compassion.
But at least he has the decency (?) to lie about it, claiming that he favors
smaller government.
> Pat Buchanan says he wants a return to
> constitutional government.
As a political comentator, he's brialiant! No, really. And funny too. But as
a presidential hopefull? Kookoo, kookoo, kookoo.
> * I want to get the federal government
> _completely_ out of every area where it's made
> such a mess -- health care, education, law
> enforcement, welfare, foreign aid, corporate
> welfare, highway boondoggles, farm subsidies. Not
> only are these programs unconstitutional, they do
> tremendous damage to our lives.
Macho Flash. He'll never get elected with that strong an opinion.
> * I want to free you immediately and completely
> from the Social Security system. I want to sell
> off government assets to finance private
> retirement accounts for anyone now dependent on
> Social Security -- so you and I and every other
> American can immediately stop paying the 15%
> Social Security tax.
Without explanation, this statement alone should scare the bejeezus out of 65%
of the population.
> * I want to end the nightmare of Prohibition by
> stopping the insane War on Drugs.
While obviously a good idea, only like 20% of us seem to get it.
> * I want to restore completely your unconditional
> right to keep and bear any weapon
I already bear that right. If he wants to hang people who try to get in the
way of it, I'm all for that. (Well, maybe not really hang.)
> Isn't that what _you_ want?
Yes, of course. But it requires lots of explanation, not just these
one-liners, to get the sheep to agree.
> Can I win?
Not this time. But if you'd infiltrate one of the winning parties, such up as
much pork gravy as possible and spew a toned down version of all this, then you
could. In four years. Unless Ventura runs.
> Even though we Libertarians may not win this year,
> every vote I get will be an endorsement, a
> statement, a declaration on behalf of smaller
> government.
And ultimately that's why I voted for him.
Thanks Larry,
Chris
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| (...) All kidding aside--does the Libertarian party qualify for Federal campaign funding? If so, do they accept it? It seems they've been around for quite some time, and with a fair amount of support, but in my adult life I've never knowingly seen (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:G3nsGC.IpB@lugnet.com... (...) Unless you go all the way!! (...) the (...) then (...) constitution (...) While I have often thought you might be right, and with the minimal support of (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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