The history of drug, alcohol, and firearms certainly have not demonstrated otherwise with regard to prohibition. It is the change of attitudes that has the most marked influence. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. -- Winston Churchill
----- Original Message ---- From: gary popkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:27:21 PM Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Local Opposition to the Central State's Border Fence Posted by Anthony Gregory at January 16, 2008 06:09 PM ----- Original Message ---- From: Bob Giramma <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> Then there are the intangible social and cultural costs. Any "solution" to the "problem" of "illegal" immigrants must not involve prohibition of any sort. Prohibition never works. Let me repeat that. Prohibition never works. Where there are strong economic incentives, the nimble and flexible evaders of the "law" will always outwit the clumsy, bureaucratic, slow, dimwitted arm of the law, and use bribes where appropriate, violence if necessary, or both. Although rolling back the welfare state may seem difficult, it is a more practical "solution" to your "problem" than trying to hold back the tide with a fence. Prohibition is always very appealing because it seems simple and straightforward. There is only one, very tiny, problem with prohibition. It never works, and always causes worse problems than the one it was intended to solve. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools. search.yahoo. com/newsearch/ category. php?category= shopping [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
