Thursday, February 10, 2011

Re: The poor are not getting poorer

On Feb 9, 8:44 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Victimized? By these invented 'crimes' or something else?
> Government -- LEGITIMATE Government -- secures rights <period>.

And people with more money get their rights secured faster by
government.

What MJ isn't telling you about Libertarianism:
the fact that Libertarianism weighs the different rights afforded to
people.
i.e. Walmart (or any business) could put up a sign saying; Blacks Not
Served (or any other variant to the theme).
He would argue that people would decide where to shop, and that
Walmart would suffer the consequences of doing so.
Maybe, maybe not.
But certainly people would be inconvenienced, and much more time and
money wasted in compliance or non compliance than is currently.

> My point is that so much love is given to business and an unsucessfull
> working man is viewed lowly. That's the opposite of justice.

Yes. It's called conservatism.

> Minimum wage only ensures that someone MUST be paid at least X.
> It does not guarantee employment.  In fact, those worth LESS than
> X will not be employed.

Half true.
The part of the Civil War that many people overlook is the fact that
many northerners were out of work precisely because of the low cost of
slavery.

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