Taking handouts is selfish, expecting help from the government is self-destructive, believing that this way of living can go on forever without repercussions is short-sighted. Inhumane and disgusting do not even have a place in this equation.
As for the whole puritanical approach, a Libertarian would believe that people have the right to do what they want with their own bodies, even if they end up hurting themselves in the process. Traditionalists would probably be the ones to take a more Puritanical approach, believing that people must be protected against their own destruction. They want the government to impose itself on peoples' lives and deny them freedom of choice. As a Constitutionalist I cannot have this.
For us libertarians, the government exists only to keep people from doing bad things to other people, not to make people do what is perceived as good for themselves. Ethics should not impinge upon politics, so long as no one’s rights are being violated, our government cannot be called in to act as a regulator of civil society.
I am not a tax evader(I unhappily submit the fruit of my labor to be distributed through the welfare line), I certainly am socially responsible, selfish sometimes, a myopic drain on humanity, no. (although the short sightedness portion could be left up to debate) With the exception of a sub standard public education (My classmates and I had to learn simple grammar in college) I have not and do not take anything from society.
When did I say that education was a luxury? Dr. Pauls latest bill, the "Family Education Freedom Act: would not only improve America's education, it will restore a parent's right to choose how best to educate one's own child which is a fundamental freedom that has been eroded by the increase in federal education expenditures and the corresponding decrease in the ability of parents to provide for their children's education out of their own pockets. The US Dept. of Education is a large waste of resources and should be abolished, leaving education decision making at the state, local or personal level.
You are right though, I would be perfectly happy with a "full on free for all." I mean, who loves to live in a controlling nation? The Chinese? The Russians have even broke those chains. Not me, that's for sure.
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Re: Here me out.
Date: 2007-11-16 11:11 pm (UTC)As for the whole puritanical approach, a Libertarian would believe that people have the right to do what they want with their own bodies, even if they end up hurting themselves in the process. Traditionalists would probably be the ones to take a more Puritanical approach, believing that people must be protected against their own destruction. They want the government to impose itself on peoples' lives and deny them freedom of choice. As a Constitutionalist I cannot have this.
For us libertarians, the government exists only to keep people from doing bad things to other people, not to make people do what is perceived as good for themselves. Ethics should not impinge upon politics, so long as no one’s rights are being violated, our government cannot be called in to act as a regulator of civil society.
I am not a tax evader(I unhappily submit the fruit of my labor to be distributed through the welfare line), I certainly am socially responsible, selfish sometimes, a myopic drain on humanity, no. (although the short sightedness portion could be left up to debate) With the exception of a sub standard public education (My classmates and I had to learn simple grammar in college) I have not and do not take anything from society.
When did I say that education was a luxury? Dr. Pauls latest bill, the "Family Education Freedom Act: would not only improve America's education, it will restore a parent's right to choose how best to educate one's own child which is a fundamental freedom that has been eroded by the increase in federal education expenditures and the corresponding decrease in the ability of parents to provide for their children's education out of their own pockets. The US Dept. of Education is a large waste of resources and should be abolished, leaving education decision making at the state, local or personal level.
You are right though, I would be perfectly happy with a "full on free for all." I mean, who loves to live in a controlling nation? The Chinese? The Russians have even broke those chains. Not me, that's for sure.