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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 230.92+3.1%Nov 24 3:59 PM EST
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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (38064)10/10/2000 4:48:20 PM
From: Liatris Spicata  Read Replies (2) of 70976
 
Cary- OT-

I wonder what you have learned from the fact that to the extent societies have embraced free minds and free markets, they have prospered. Widely differing societies, I might add. Conversely, to the extent societies have granted the government the role of creator or redistributor of wealth, they have curtailed their economic and moral stature.

Under what moral authority a business (or individual) must be obliged at gun-point (which is what our tax system amounts to) to provide "cash stipends, medical care, and financial aid for housing ... and aged relative's care" is a matter you carefully seem to avoid addressing. I might add that the republic survived quite well for over 150 years when the government did none of these things.

I would suggest to you that your existence does not impose any moral imperative on me to act on your behalf. Your existence only obliges me to refrain from acting in a manner that intrudes on your rights (eg. I may not move my fist where your nose begins). Our obligations are, or course, reciprocal. Only when these norms are observed can we rightfully call ourselves a free people.

Larry

P.S. Spare me from a government that assumes "social engineering" as its responsibility. Those that have gone that route have shown a distinct propensity for becoming veritable hellholes.
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