From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You have the right to buy property. You have the right to bring your > property into America for your own use. You do not have the right to > bring that property within the borders of America for the purpose of > selling it. This is not immoral. It's not aggression. It's not an > "uninvolved" property. > Then by these statements you have declared property rights to be conditional. I have a moral right to my property. For you to interfere is aggression on your part.
> The valid role of the government (and it does have a valid role) > includes protecting AND REGULATING commerce. But in case you haven't > actually read the U.S. Constitution, you may want to read Article 1, > Section 8, clause 3 which grants Congress the legitimate power to... > > "To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several > states, and with the Indian tribes" > I have read it. I disagree with it on moral grounds. just because it is in the constitution does not make it moral or right. > If you bring goods from another country into this one for the purpose > of selling it in American markets without notifying the American > government or paying tariffs associated with it, you are trespassing > against every single other citizen in America. > Prove that! From a moral point of view without appeal to authority. > There is such a thing as public property, there is such a thing as > borders, there is such a thing as sovereignty, and nothing you say > will change the fact that you do not have the right to bring goods > into America for the purpose of selling them without notifying the > government or paying any associated tariffs. I don't have a right to > just show up in Australia and start selling American made goods, and > they don't have the right to come here and sell Australian goods. The > goods have a tariff on them and it has nothing to do with your > property rights, and it has nothing to do with how you choose to > dispose of your goods. > Prove that my property rights are conditional on this. > You keep trying to make it about your property rights when it has > nothing to do with that. You are assuming you have the right to > import goods into America simply because you own them, and you don't > have that right and no matter how many times you repeat it, you will > still not have that right. It is completely about property rights. Prove that you have the right to interfere in my property rights! BWS ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
