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Libertarianism (Mis) Understood
Shaw writes: "A key purpose of laws and regulation should be to keep the powerful out of your pockets."

Exactly.

One of the classic misunderstandings of libertarianism - and I blame libertarians for this problem - is that libertarians trust corporations more than governments.

Libertarians mostly rant about the burden of regulations and less about the nexus of government and corporate power in the form of corporate welfare. Libertarians do, in fact, believe in using government to protect consumers from corporate wrong-doing, etc.

After all, libertarians are not anarchists. happy
Posted by: bkinney   Posted on: 08/06/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Libertarianism (Mis) Understood  bkinney | 08/06/07
Hello!  MuuhdistMonk | 08/06/07
Correction...  bkinney | 08/07/07
Enlightenment  pkstephens | 08/06/07
Not the central issue  Lost_in_Samoa@... | 08/06/07
Nailed  hipposelect | 08/07/07
Learn some facts  andycher | 08/07/07
YOU Learn some facts  rich_e1 | 08/11/07
you left out..  kylebrotherton | 08/06/07
Practical Alternatives?  admin-coletrain.org | 08/06/07
You don't seem to understand what Paul actually says  josh24601 | 08/06/07
Ron Paul  professorchris1 | 08/06/07
Rent seeking  jabowery | 08/06/07
Bad governance and bad ideas  jgalvan | 08/06/07
When will Shaw learn  otaddy | 08/06/07
Post Office  hipposelect | 08/07/07
Some corrections.  MuuhdistMonk | 08/06/07
More Examples  otaddy | 08/06/07
One tiny correction.  hipposelect | 08/07/07
Yes! Good example!  otaddy | 08/07/07
Government Causes the Problems  kc2519 | 08/06/07
You are embarassing yourself with this article  jeff111@... | 08/06/07
Libertarians oppose corporatism  jeff111@... | 08/06/07
Tech savvy  JiveDadson | 08/06/07
Message has been deleted.  empty00eyes | 08/06/07
Who do you trust?  Henrik Moller | 08/06/07
Where's the discussion on Fractional Banking?  nathan_mayer2004 | 08/07/07
RON PAUL OFFICIALLY A THREAT TO THE "FRONTRUNNERS"  savagesteve13 | 08/07/07
Corporatism and Socialism in America  jeff111@... | 08/07/07
Dems-Republicans: Two Sides of Same Coin  smharmon1 | 08/07/07
Ron Paul  TheMeanGuy | 08/07/07
I am so fired up!  rvbrvb | 08/07/07
Your priorities are really screwed up....  acorkan | 08/08/07
Government doesn't have a conscience either  rich_e1 | 08/11/07
Government is the main threat, that's why we need Ron Paul  StarchildSF | 08/17/07
Looks like a lot of folks drinking the Ron Paul kool-aid here. (NT)  johnay | 09/06/07
I don't go to my mechanic to check my teeth  DrFred | 11/06/07

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