In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/17/00
at 01:01 AM, Steve Schear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>At 07:25 PM 2/16/00 -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
>>What signifies you as a socialist is that you see no problem with having
>>the government *steal* my property to "fix" whatever problem is bothering
>>you at the time. Not only is this morally bankrupt but is an act of
>>cowardice. The socialist is too gutless to steal the property himself but
>>does so by proxy using government forces.
>>
>>You do not have a right to my property regardless how worthy & noble you
>>think the cause is. If your cause is educating the unwashed masses, or
>>midnight basketball for the inner city youths, or saving the family farms,
>>the pull out your check book and write a check.
>I think a re-posting of the circa 1950 speech (by a school dean, I
>believe), regarding the inadvisability and immorality of using government
> to undertake actions that citizens themselves would find aboherent, is
>in order. Do you still have it?
Yes, let me dig it up. Part of my "Essays on Liberty" collection by The
Foundation for Economic Education.
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