Re: Optimal level of socialism
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Originally Posted by imp
Cygnus:
What could be more important than the long-term prosperity of the nation state? Address my point about pure libertarianism resulting in wealthy people being run over by an army from a dictatorship. Dictators are opportunists. Military spending is socialism - it is socializing the costs. Are you in favour of each man for himself. If the US adopted that policy, even the Canadian army would have you begging for mercy within a few decades. Where are your "constitutionally-enshrined" rights then?
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Pure libertarianism is a utopian ideal. I am well aware of that. If you cannot defend your rights your rights are meaningless. This is why I placed the the tax level at 15% because national defense is a qualified public good based on the criterian of it being non-rival, non-excludable. Currently our government supplies numerous "public" goods that do not meet the public good criteria. These goods could easily and readily be supplied by the private sector.
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