tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post3442592709687585869..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Kill people and save money: a libertarian proposalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-42202482891503351852012-04-13T14:08:46.309+01:002012-04-13T14:08:46.309+01:00'Libertarians' covers a lot of ground. Man...'Libertarians' covers a lot of ground. Many here in the US are anti-tax, but what we pay isn't a shade of that in the UK. The only way to achieve this is to take a total dump on the non-rich. Like any zealot, they then ignore reality, and pretend that the all-powerful free market will take care of the old, the poor, the roads, education, medical care, etc, and make it cheaper and better. None of this is supported by any evidence at all, but who worries about reality these days.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-57132444555139224752012-04-13T07:30:43.954+01:002012-04-13T07:30:43.954+01:00Mark - I seem to have missed that, where would I s...Mark - I seem to have missed that, where would I see this lib enthusiasm for tax-gathering?<br /><br />James - (a) Terry Pratchett - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0120dxp ; (b) ironic, as you well understand, but so much lib talk is about taxes that it looks like they just want to do away with everyone else; not so much anti-socialist as anti-social. <br /><br />I think the whole lib thing is misconceived: the solitary individual has no chance against the collective. The best you can get is a better collective agreement on boundaries of behaviour. Which means working to improve the feedback between people and government. Might work it up into a post if I can be bothered.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-31653474746660271232012-04-13T06:59:48.394+01:002012-04-13T06:59:48.394+01:00sometimes accompanied by a popular children's ...sometimes accompanied by a popular children's author who lards his work with references to death and total spiritual annihilation<br /><br />Who's that?<br /><br />Sackers - what is the proposal you're actually making?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-39868894423600596462012-04-12T18:22:15.772+01:002012-04-12T18:22:15.772+01:00"questioning what modern "libertarians&q..."questioning what modern "libertarians" are really about - is it anything more than a dislike of paying taxes?"<br /><br />Oh yes, even more important to them is the desire to <i>collect</i> taxes, i.e. ground rents, hence and why they are even more virulently opposed to Land Value Tax than to income tax. They even seem to quite like VAT.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-27990890212629087462012-04-12T14:51:33.955+01:002012-04-12T14:51:33.955+01:00Perfectly cheerful; just having a go at the creepi...Perfectly cheerful; just having a go at the creeping death culture. And questioning what modern "libertarians" are really about - is it anything more than a dislike of paying taxes?<br /><br />It's the "undesirables" and the two-facedness that are the key. Of course you don't want to abort future soldiers and you need the frauen for kinder kirche u. kuche.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-53371552722398810022012-04-12T14:24:14.165+01:002012-04-12T14:24:14.165+01:00Feeling cheerful today I see.
I would point out t...Feeling cheerful today I see.<br /><br />I would point out that the Nazis made abortion and sterilization illegal. They just did it to 'undesireables' in secret.<br /><br />I have always been queasy about abortion. However, with the problems that the Human race will face in the coming decades, there need to be fewer of us. This can either be done by reducing birth rates, or increasing the numbers who starve, or die of preventable diseases. I prefer the first option, with contraception.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-83974301614053445592012-04-12T10:56:58.937+01:002012-04-12T10:56:58.937+01:00Loon.Loon.Sarton Banderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844470766043319292noreply@blogger.com