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To: TimF who wrote (263064)	4/29/2008 6:28:09 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ok, what are the numbers on tariffs? As I said, I don't necessarily favor them but I think it is pointless to get rid of them without getting something in return. If they are small anyway, who cares about them. I disagree about Mexico and about agriculture and industry in general. The rise of industrialized agriculture may get us cheap calories but I think there is a good argument to be made that it fuels obesity, diabetes, heart disease and general lack of health in the US as well. What in the world is a mild libertarian philosophy? On some things you want no government, on other things you are fine with big government? That isn't libertarian, that is your own idea of picking and choosing what you personally like or dislike. Why should someone who is childless or who pays for their child's education at a private institution be forced to transfer money from their pocket to your child's tuition bill? You go on and on about your dislike of transfers and this is clearly a transfer. There is no guarantee that my money going to your child's education will result in any benefit to me or society at large. Your child may grow up to be George W. Bush and do great harm to the country. If you want to raise money for roads efficiently, you can use the internet. You can try placing a toll booth at the end of everyone's driveway or have some mechanism for detaining people if they drive on private roads without having paid a monthly fee. If you honestly feel that this is a good idea, there is technology available to do it.