Reply #24: They also want an end to most of our values

[ProudDad]

Yes, they WOULD end all government assistance;

They are "free market" fundamentalists --

"The Principle: A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most efficient manner.
Consumers of services should not have their choices arbitrarily limited by law.

Solutions: Libertarian policies will seek to divest government of all functions that can be provided by non-governmental organizations or private individuals.

Transitional Actions: All rate regulation in utilities should transition to free market pricing.
End the Postal Service's monopoly and allow for the free competition in all aspects of mail delivery.
State and local monopoly services should be opened to free-market competition.
Local and state governments can auction assets such as utility systems and landfills to private industry, thereby immediately reducing the tax burden on their citizens."

YEAH, RIGHT! Privatize everything....

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Yes they would end all government assistance to the people:

"Current problems in such areas as energy, pollution, health care delivery, decaying cities, and poverty are not solved, but are primarily caused, by government. The welfare state, supposedly designed to aid the poor, is in reality a growing and parasitic burden on all productive people, and injures, rather than benefits, the poor themselves."

YEAH, RIGHT! We the People (our view of 'government') can't do anything right -- that was ronny ray-guns bullshit line!!!

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I just can't forget hearing one libertarian's view of protecting people against pollution on the radio. He said, "If some factory is polluting the water upstream you have the right to sue them." YEAH, RIGHT! And pay for your one lawyer (if you can afford one) to fight their team of lawyers. Yeah, that'll work...

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Don't get me wrong, when it comes to the phony "war on drugs", victim-less crime, foreign affairs (except their xenophobic immigration policies), corporate welfare, monopolies and subsidies they make FINE allies!

I just WOULD NOT want to live in a world driven by their total package.

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on edit: ooops, here's the link: http://www.lp.org/issues/platform_all.shtml#govdebt