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Group: sci.econ · Group Profile
Author: Video61
Date: Mar 29, 2008 10:52

On Mar 29, 12:26 pm, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 29, 12:16 pm, Vide...@tcq.net wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Mar 29, 4:04 am, Roy Batty gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> tcq.net> wrote:
>
>>>> you are correct.
>>>> here is a little peice i made up explaining conservative/libertarian
>>>> lunacy.
>>>> "libertarians/conservatives are the only group of people i know that
>>>> are constantly outraged at the results of their own polices, then they
>>>> blame government(the blaming government part was added by another
>>>> fellow, of course he is very smart.)."
>
>>> Libertarians tend to think that they are "free thinkers"
>
>> but everyone of them speaks of living libertarian ideals. i ask them
>> if they live by someone else's rules, then they are not free. i ask
>> them who enforces their rules in a free market. they say the market.
>> then i say who enforces the rules if someone breaks them. they say
>> government. so much for their so-called ideals.
>> what they want is liberty to lie, steal, cheat, and exploit.
>
>>> "Then, when you're driving on the Illinois toll way and you've picked up a
>>> Libertarian Hitchhiker he suddenly hits you up for more coin!"
>
>>> - Dee Dee Ramone
>
>>> (Notorious rock and roll writer, drug addict and muse for a great band, born
>>> in Vancouver Canada)
>
>> pretty right on there.
>
> Libertarians are consummate hypocrites. The typical libertarian is
> retired on a substantial pension, with good health insurance. He
> doesn't need the government for education, employment, health care.
> All he needs government for is protecting his money. So, he feels
> that taxes should only go to the military and the police. Makes
> sense, from his point of view! He doesn't give a damn about the
> future, because he's old, so he sees no point in investing in new
> technologies, or in children, or in much of anything. He just wants
> the "liberty" to use his money -- which was almost certainly obtained,
> directly and indirectly, with government assistance -- any way he
> wants, and doesn't want to share it with anybody. They have no real
> opinion other than "what's mine is mine" -- although they got plenty
> of help getting it!

and on top of your fine definition, i have yet to get one of them to
move to somalia, where they can walk the talk, that is if they can
survive past the average life span of 47 or so.
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