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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (99355)	3/23/2005 7:47:50 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Sorry--you won't change my opinion on libertarianism no matter how hard you try. I think it is extremely peculiar to believe in concepts like private charity as solutions to hunger when such a large percentage of our population is hungry. In fact, I think it is a joke, really. Libertarianism is a philosophy that only benefits the rich. It would turn America into a feudal society, going backwards as fast as we can. I am selfish too because I don't like to see people sleeping on sidewalks or spreading tuberculosis because there is no public health system. But I think it is a higher form of selfishness than libertarians practice. I can't stand to see people suffer, and I accept that people have varying degrees of capability to take care of themselves. I will pay higher taxes to have a social safety net that is better than ours--one more like western Europe, even though I know there are some problems with theirs. We are the only industrialized nation without national health care, and I think that is just purely evil. I am way too enraged and polarized on this issue to change my mind. Also I am sick and sort of grumpy. I am sure there are other interesting things we could talk about, though. I am just really sure of my position on this one.