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Old 01-03-2019, 08:06 PM
 
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However, you still have a choice, on the distribution of labor.

The law was made everyone must carry car insurance (great for insurance companies revenue stream) but the law does not say, everyone must own a car ... there, there is a choice.

The law was made everyone must have health insurance (again, great for insurance companies revenue stream) however, one can not opt out from owning their bodies ... there is no choice.
I'm for taking the insurance industry out of the equation. I agree it's wrong to force people to purchase something from a private entity.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:07 PM
 
Location: Madison, WI
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People have agreed. We have elections. Those who argue to totally get rid of taxes get results in the low single digits.
People have agreed on a lot of stuff, and not all of it is good.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:08 PM
 
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Not if it’s a privately owned toll road!
This was brought up before. What is your suggestion ? A toll booth every 5 miles? 10 miles? Every exit? Tell me how this would work.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:09 PM
 
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People have agreed on a lot of stuff, and not all of it is good.
I don't disagree but we are talking a specific item.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:10 PM
 
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This was brought up before. What is your suggestion ? A toll booth every 5 miles? 10 miles? Every exit? Tell me how this would work.
Same way as how the internet works.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:10 PM
 
Location: North Pacific
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People are not going to willingly pay. I used to belong to a HOA responsible for the roads. It was near impossible to get people to pay. The roads were terrible and it was all gave up on and turned over to the county.
When roads were brought up in the thread I thought of

Story of Louisiana road, bridge problems: Millions in budget but billions in backlog

They want a gas hike to solve the problem.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma
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When I think of a Libertarian, I think fiscally conservative and socially liberal with the exception of the Second Amendment, which they usually line up with conservatives on.

I don't think they're any smarter, or dumber than anyone else, nor do I think they're better or worse people. They just have a different viewpoint than I do.
Pegged me to a T. I’m likely more conservative concerning fiscal issues than most libertarians, but I have became much more liberal concerning issues like drugs, abortion, homosexuality(due to converting to atheist) and gay marriage(shouldn’t be a government issue). I’m against forced redistribution and SS/Medicare. I am ok with mandated private savings plans. And yes, I’m extremely pro 2A.

So, when I think of Libertarians, I see them as having more with me in common than either the libs or cons.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Because anything that gets in the way of expanding state power is funded by the evil Koch brothers, duh. We can't possibly have come to our conclusions using our own brains.
I use the brain of Tom Woods a lot. Don't worry, I get explicit consent from him.


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Old 01-03-2019, 08:21 PM
 
Location: North Pacific
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I'm for taking the insurance industry out of the equation. I agree it's wrong to force people to purchase something from a private entity.
You also took this out ... Income tax on labor ... working cash gigs can carry a person only so far, it can work, but if ever found out, there is no choice, but to pay the government for your labor.

I fixed it for you. Force is force.


PS: There are still people who will not give out their SSN to any one. Reason being that is how the fed tracks you and your earnings. Without that number, they have no power. I know someone who went up to the age of 33 on cash ... he's now a member of society.
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Old 01-03-2019, 08:22 PM
 
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You also took this out ... Income tax on labor ... working cash gigs can carry a person only so far, it can work, but if ever found out, there is no choice, but to pay the government for your labor.

I fixed it for you. Force is force.
We are not going to exist without some sort of force. It's just not going to happen. I'm not into solutions that do not work.
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