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I just can't buy into the idea that firing somebody "rips somebody's life apart." But some of that might have to do with the changing workforce- you are a generation older than me, and from a time when people worked their whole life for a single company, and getting fired could fuck up your...

Med- I think that the reason you aren't getting it is that you only understand libertarian thought in theory, not in practice. I'm 42 years old. I quit high school when I was 16, and I make 30,000 a year. I donate regularly to a charity, as well as side projects when I am able (just this...

I'm not sure what a "plutocrat" is, but I don't wanna be one, especially since pluto is officially not a planet anymore. Which is probably a conspiracy anyway... didn't Wal-Mart buy pluto for outsourcing? Anyway, I ain't no plutocrat, you venusian diplomat.

I didn't even realize I was under attack. I assumed you were a pacifist like my other commie friends. Fuck. :mrgreen:

Are you seriously asserting that Saddam did not threaten to use WMD, and that the world did not believe he had them?

I completely disagree. First off, you can "survive." You can't THRIVE. But if you insist on trying to make a career out of working for minimum wage, you can SURVIVE in this country on a minimum wage job. I know at least five people who are doing it. And as you would expect, they are all either...

I can't believe that otherwise intelligent people say that the administration "lied" about WMD. Not only did the Bush administration think there was WMD in Iraq, but so did the UN, our entire Senate and House, Bill Clinton, and practically everyone who voiced an opinion on the subject before the...

Dude, we've taken a vote..... and decided that you need to stop getting high.

No way Med, I'll read your posts. I know you are a good guy (at least for a commie.) Hey, guess what, we agree on this one. I think that government spending is way more of an important issue than taxes. If I could do ONE SINGLE THING to change how things work in government, it would be how...

I agree with Wav and Vi, the "minimum wage" is bogus. It totally interferes with my right to freely contract. What's more, it only benefits the big corporations. Small businesses are hurt when the minimum wage goes up; large businesses have no problem absorbing the initial costs and then passing...

After reading all the way through the article critiquing libertarianism (the article that was linked in the thread starter), it seemed like all of the author's ire was aimed at the free market. I understand the frustration that these old folks feel about the failure of marxism; a whole...

Because no working libertarian society has ever existed, libertarians have to resort to thought-experiments, wishful thinking, or wilful ignorance of reality to make their points. I think this is true for every political system I can think of, from democracy to communism. I didn't think the...

They ain't never gettin my guns...they wouldn't be able to find them all...hell, I can't even find them all.....

I don't smoke cigarettes- but as far as I know, every study that has purported to show a risk from second-hand smoke has been discredited. One of the best and most concise things I have seen on this subject was the Penn and Teller episode of "Bullshit!" that dealt with second-hand smoke. I...

"This is, of course, an extreme example of libertarian ideology" You think?

Though i totally have to agree with Vi on this one (I absolutely DO NOT want the government trying to elevate my "moral standing!"), Med said "kickassastan," which has got to be the funniest shit I've seen all day.

I won't pretend to know what a "corporate supremist" is, but I will say that as a Libertarian for the last 25+ years, I'm not aware of any changes in party platform regarding economics. So if they fit your definition of corporate supremists, I suspect they ALWAYS were- it's not something they...

As a guy who is pretty much a Libertarian, I don't think you can talk about the Libertarian vision without courting "grand illusions." But I think this can be said for any party that envisions possibilities outside of the one-party system we have now. That would include the Peace and Freedom...

I recently conducted an experiment in politics. It wasn't intended as an experiment, but as it turned out, the results were interesting. I work for a relatively small business. It has about 25 employees. The average pay is 9.50 an hour. The business is what is known as a "group home", where...

Shit, I didn't know I was doing that! At least it hasn't been my intention. I actually tend to agree with damn near everything Vi posts- I think the biggest difference between us is that he APPEARS to defend the present administration quite a bit more than I would- - and I have got to mention...