Re: 52 year-old Republican woman for Obama

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:40:42 -0500, DG <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

JimK wrote:

DG wrote:

JimK wrote:

DG wrote:

The Iron Muffin wrote:

Because de-regulating corporations, destroying environmental
protections, and generally destroying the accountability of
business does not lead to liberty.


Removing the $13 billion subsidy to big oil would be fantastic.

Crushing the military budget that takes up half of our spending would
be fantastic.

Allowing citizens to control their bodies would be fantastic.

Making the fed be responsible would be fantastic.

Cherry-picking the few ideas that make sense from the libertarian
agenda would be fantastic.


Seems that you agree with all of the above, eh?


For the most part, although these are obviously somewhat simplistic
platitudes. Unfortunately, these are just a small part of the
libertarian agenda.


Got some real world examples?

Start with this (from the Libertarian Party platform):

"All public lands and resources, as well as claims thereto, except as
explicitly allowed by the Constitution, shall be returned to private
ownership, with the proceeds of sale going to retire public
liabilities. Resource rights shall be defined as property rights,
including riparian rights. All publicly owned infrastructures
including dams and parks shall be returned to private ownership and
all taxing authority for such public improvements shall sunset.
Property related services shall be supplied by private markets and
paid for by user fees, and regulation of property shall be limited to
that which secures the rights of individuals. There will be no legal
barriers to peaceful, private, voluntary attempts to explore,
industrialize and colonize any extra-terrestrial resources. The
federal government shall be held as liable as any individual for
pollution or other transgression against property or resources."

Do you think this would work?

JimK
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