Aside from those bringing in goods, you are initiating force against the buyers. Tariffs force people to pay more for domestic or imported goods than they otherwise would and that's why they are often used in protectionist schemes.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Immigration All advocates of libertarianism accept the non-aggression principle as the defining characteristic that determines whether or not a perspective is libertarian. This is what the LP pledge means. Those that don't, aren't being consistent with libertarianism. I happen to agree with Harry Browne's words that tariffs are not perfect, but they are better than everything else, but I disagree that tariffs are even the slightest bit coercive or anything even remotely connected to an initiation of force. Anything that can be voluntarily avoided is not an initiation of force. For instance if someone sees a short toll road owned by a private corporation or a longer path that is free, and they choose to take the toll road, they have no valid complaints when it comes to paying it. They weren't forced to choose that road. They could have avoided it by taking the other road, but they CHOSE the short path. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
