Steven, I don't think that my points about North Korea and Iran running our Airports were "silly." That's the logical extension of your argument. Sure, the UAE is no Iran. But if you can bend the rules for a mixed-bag country like the UAE - mixed at best btw, why not all the way?
--- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > So the, Libertarians don't support security for our nation's > > borders, huh? > > Are you suggesting that the USA emulate the North Korean or East German > "border security"?? > > > > > Hey, why not just abolish borders altogether? > > That would be the rather radical anarcho-libertarian position. I don't > think anyone really subscribes to the notion, though. > > I could make the case that our current border security is too restrictive. > > > > > And let the Iranians and the North Koreans run our Airports, okay by > > you? > > That is just plain silly. The republicans wouldn't give up their patronage > positions at TSA. > > On a serious note, how can a state-owned enterprise (as in Cosco and Dubai > Ports) be more efficient than a privately owned enterprise. This would seem > to fly in the face of everything that libertarians and free marketers > believe. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" > > <linnabary51@> wrote: > > > > > But more interesting from a libertarian perspective, is how > > can a > > > > state > > > > > owned company (in both the Chinese and the Dubai deals) be more > > > > efficient > > > > > than a privately owned concern? > > > > > > > > PEACE > Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer > Franklin County Libertarian Party > (614) 891-8841 > P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 > > "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution > inevitable" John F. Kennedy > 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/
