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There is not a Republican or Democrat argument but the Libertarian Randies would are against publicly funded libraries. I am in strong disagreement with that. The fact is that many places would not have libraries if we relied on the private sector to provide it.
Not at all. The libertarians would just leave it to the city or county government.
There is not a Republican or Democrat argument but the Libertarian Randies would are against publicly funded libraries. I am in strong disagreement with that. The fact is that many places would not have libraries if we relied on the private sector to provide it.
Not only that, but I can see a private library owner setting all kinds of ridiculous rules and requiring all kinds of ridiculous monetary payments in order to use the library. Libraries need to remain public and free for all to use, which means local, county, state or federal taxes.
Not only that, but I can see a private library owner setting all kinds of ridiculous rules and requiring all kinds of ridiculous monetary payments in order to use the library. Libraries need to remain public and free for all to use, which means local, county, state or federal taxes.
"Public and free" are contradictory. Someone must pay, one way or another. I believe you mean the taxpayers should provide libraries for those who couldn't afford to pay user fees otherwise.
I think you do not understand libertarian ideology. It is not just about the Federal govt. it is also concerned with local and state govt. as well.
A libertarian may very well be personally against a public library in his town, but would he step into your local community and tell you what to spend your local tax dollars on? That sounds like the opposite of libertarian ideology to me.
There can't be many if you can't remember a single solitary name.
I don't frequent these boards enough to remember what posters wrote what posts. Military protection would be paid via user fees. If you live here, you are being protected by the military and would thus be subject to military user fees.
I don't remember names. No, citizens should only pay user fees.
And what happens to the home when the owner has forgotten (or been unable) to pay the "user fee" for the fire department and their home catches fire? Oh, we've already seen that, haven't we when one fire department stood by and WATCHED a house burn down because the owner didn't pay a $75 fee!
I don't remember names. No, citizens should only pay user fees.
This is consistant with libertarian ideology. If a person claims to be a libertarian does not understand this, he doesn't understand libertarian ideology.
This is why I am not a libertarian. I share some of the same beliefs, but it varies from issue to issue. I am not an ideologe.
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I think you do not understand libertarian ideology. It is not just about the Federal govt. it is also concerned with local and state govt. as well.
