Len,
Skimming posts here I think some have addressed it already; but the LP supports
open borders. That is part of their platform. It is noteworthy that few "libertarians" seem to know this.
Mr Irwin,
And that should be Bill Gates or Warren Buffet's responsibility to come in and fix what government screwed up by putting MORE of their money (over what they already paid in taxes of their own) into it... WHY?
Don't know how you extrapolated that from what I wrote above. I simply responded to CAnnoneer concerning eliminating the welfare state here. That would mean the
elimination of that portion of taxation of persons by gov for all socialist programs.
ALL of them. Cutting gov OUT of the business of charity - leaving charity to private persons. And going back to the founding of this country it has been the
wealthier private persons and
private institutions that have supported the genuine poor and unables when it comes to feeding and treating them for illness etc.
I see nothing immoral or anything else by appealing to people with enourmous amounts of spare money to helping the poor in their own nation - if they call it their country - as opposed to sending it all to foreign nations.
Exactly. They're American success stories. They should be applauded as shining examples to what levels industriousness, intelligence, and skill can take you in America.
Right; sucess stories in America. They were not able to do it in India, Botswana or any other foreign country.
If Gates and Buffet want to send their money overseas, it's no one's business but their own. Certainly not mine, and certainly not yours.
If they have made billions in government contracts paid for by
my and
every other tax paying American it is
my business as it is every other tax paying American. Especially when they are sending their apparent enormous surpluses overseas and are actively involved in a global geo-political agenda that is
hostile to our constitution and national independence as a nation.
Ultimately Bill and Warren can do what they like with their money - as long as when I insist I
keep all of mine as opposed to having it stolen at source to give away - they keep
their mouths shut.