Kenn may response is to Military in a generic sense.I do not believe in taxation by force So I do agree with you that the way the military is financed is non libertarian.but a collective(nasty word)of volunteers and finance without force would not always be non libertarian. www.crazyforliberty.com
--- Kenneth Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nor is a military pro-libertarian. The "use" of a > military is not the > only significant factor. Consider the financing of > a military. Like > all government bureaucracies, it receives monies, > not as recompense for > its services, but prior to any services that it may > provide. Thus, > there is no marketable price involved in military > activity. Taxpayers > are forced to pay for the state's military > adventures. And not only the > current taxpayers but generations of ordinary > citizens will have to pay, > and pay, for this generation's inability to stop the > imperialism of our > country's rulers. > > And the ordinary person's benefit? None. We are > less secure, we have > become less free, and the principles of a limited > republic devoted to > protecting individual rights have morphed into a > socialism designed to > protecting the rulers instead of its citizenry. > > Cheers! > Just Ken > > doug craig wrote: > > > The fact of having a > > military is not anti Libertarian but how you use > it > > can be. > > Doug Craig aka HankReardan > > www.crazyforliberty.com > > > > --- Eric Dondero Rittberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:ericdondero%40yahoo.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > Ummm, geez, I dunno? Maybe to protect freedom? > > > Just a guess. > > > > > > > > > > > > [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/
