There isn't an economist on the planet earth who would classify a 3% flat tariff as an initiation of force or protectionist in the slightest.
--- In [email protected], "Cory Nott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
