*clap clap clap*
MUFFINS! FREE MUFFINS FOR THE Month for Howard!
:)
hee hee hee
I too normally fall into the Libertarian squares, but if you do some background
checking, at least the political test I took,
was sponsored by a Libertarian organisation. This one was with squares and all that..I
forgot the URL, i think it was
www.politicalcompass.org or something. Its interesting to note too that most of the
sites that share this URL, are also
Libertarian. Not surprisingly..the test is flawed. And then of course we have the more
serious issue, that if the test is NOT
flawed, then the Libertarian Party is woefully failing to meet the needs of the
American Public.
;-)
A whole lot of people end up reading as Libertarians on that political test for some
strange reason!
=)
-Gel
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In most political "tests," I generally fall in the libertarian squares. But
there are a couple of very good reasons I have never joined the Libertarian
part.
1) I believe that he who benefits the most from society owes the greatest
obligation to society. This was the original premise behind the federal
income tax, which originally only taxed the 6 percent richest people in the
U.S.
2) I fully support all efforts by charitable organizations to provide
assistance to those who need it, but I do not believe charitable
organizations are a suitable substitute for government programs. The
government, in its ideal form, is an extension of society, of the people. As
a civilized society, we all share an obligation to each other's well being.
The government, as an expression of our societal bonds, has an obligation to
provide assistance to those who are unable to assistant themselves (I'm not
addressing, for the moment, abuses of any such system).
3) Given the above, some sort of taxation is necessary. And it is my moral
responsibility to pay my taxes.
4) Given my religious belief and my conservative notion that all people are
basically selfish, self-centered and flawed from the time of birth, then I
do not trust corporations (which are run by PEOPLE) or other individuals to
do the right thing all of the time. This is why we have laws, including laws
that regulate businesses and keep them, ideally, from polluting the
environment, exploiting workers and generally doing bad things to society as
a whole.
While I agree with many libertarian principles, especially as pertains to
individual rights, I cannot agree with many positions taken by the
Libertarian Party, especially as pertains to the points above.
And also, all but one of the Libertarians I have ever personally met (I used
to be very involved in politics as a profession), is a certified kook. That
tends to sour my view of the Libertarian Party as well.
H.
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