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- From: Timothy.J.Young@dartmouth.edu (Timothy J. Young)
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- Subject: Re: Libertarians and Labor Unions
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 03:00:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.191122.6794@desire.wright.edu>
- demon@desire.wright.edu (Not a Boomer) writes:
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- > In article <C1C0yv.MKB@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, Timothy.J.Young@dartmouth.edu (Timothy J. Young) writes:
- > > In article <1993Jan23.021457.7705@midway.uchicago.edu>
- > > sals@florimel.uchicago.edu (red-head fancier) writes:
- > >
- > >> Huh?? The Libertarian party is always underfunded and most of their money
- > >> comes from individual donors.
- > >
- > > Well, they'd have to have a good deal of money to regularly get on the
- > > ballot in all 50 states. In many states, it's hard to get on the ballot
- >
- > A) Volunteers.
- >
- > B) 50 states has only been achieved in 1980 and 92, I believe.
- >
- > >...
- > > In some ways, the fact that the Libs and Perot can break the two-party
- > > monopoly is good. I think it's possible that we in the U.S. could be
- > > moving toward a multi-party system.
- >
- > As long as we don't get a parliamentary system. I'd hate to see the
- > "major" parties fighting over the nazi's 1 seat or the christian extremists 1
- > seat or the communists 1 seat in order to get a working majority.
-
- As long as we avoid a system of proportional represenation (like they
- had in Weimar Germany and in some U.S. local governments [e.g.
- Cambridge,MA]), that shouldn't be a tremendous problem. More care would
- have to be exercised concerning Congressional redistricting, but it's
- not a huge problem.
-
-
- >
- > > As far as I know, and I haven't seen any stats on this, the
- > > Libertarian Party is comprised primarily of wealthy people who don't
- > > want the government to stop them from doing harmful things (e.g.
- > > environmental degradation) with their property.
- >
- > Untrue. If you don't have the stats, why make that assumption?
- >
- It seems that those who may need government help either now or some
- point in the future would not be joining Libertarian ranks. I don't
- think that's an irrational assumption. Ronald Reagan (I know he wasn't
- a Libertarian, but he favored "small government" too) once said
- something about everyone having the right to be a millionare. It
- doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to figure out
- that the right to be a millionare means next to nothing if you're
- struggling to get by. (I'm just a college freshman, and I managed to
- figure that out.)
- The laws of the free market encourage irresponsible exploitation of the
- environment . This is one example of what government is for ; to
- supplement market laws with a rational framework that prevents many of
- the problems that the market itself cannot.
-
- Tim Young, Dartmouth College, Class of '96
- The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of Dartmouth
- College, its students, or anyone else.
- "Not everyone can carry the weight of the world..." -R.E.M.
-