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To: cosmicforce who wrote (14365)12/4/2004 5:26:50 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
As a libertarian, I am deeply concerned with assuring the greatest amount of freedom for the greatest number of the people. The nature of power is such that it aims to control others and deny them the freedom to gain more power. Therefore typical libertarian positions by leaving everyone's hands free have the flaw of not protecting the freedoms of the general public against the very powerful. As Eric Hoffer observed, "Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse."

I am neither anti-wealth nor anti-corporate-growth (in its economic sense). I simply believe in the one-man-one-vote process regardless of wealth or social status of the man. Allowing corporations to influence the political process goes against this basic principle. The implementation of no-corporate-tax system requires careful consideration to assure its goals. So long as the political process remains true to all constituents, I see nothing wrong with implementing what the public approves of.
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