gavinfielder
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- Libertarian - Left
Here's a little handout for anarcho-capitalists.
Oh! That must be what we're doing wrong. We simply need to have taxpayers pay the construction companies instead of paying taxes to the government to pay construction companies. This would ensure that those who actually want roads, get them, and nobody else has to pay for them.
Ok, that makes sense. Let's do it.
Now we need to build a road. Who pays for it? Well, Jim wants a road. Herb down the way wants a road too. Sally will pitch in. So will Shanesh.
So we have a group of people all pitching in to pay for a road. They pay the construction company, they get a road. Ah, liberty!
Next we want a bigger road. Same story...now the group of people who want the road is a lot bigger. Let's organize a big lobby group for it, and we'll all pay for this bigass road.
We all get together, form an organization to see who pays what, then collect a bunch of money. We pay the construction company, take a little extra for organizational overhead, and we get a bigass road. Ah, liberty!
See, this is liberty: a group of honest working people organizing around a common social good. It works great! Way better than our previous system. Nothing can ever get done with a government around.
Oh! That must be what we're doing wrong. We simply need to have taxpayers pay the construction companies instead of paying taxes to the government to pay construction companies. This would ensure that those who actually want roads, get them, and nobody else has to pay for them.
Ok, that makes sense. Let's do it.
Now we need to build a road. Who pays for it? Well, Jim wants a road. Herb down the way wants a road too. Sally will pitch in. So will Shanesh.
So we have a group of people all pitching in to pay for a road. They pay the construction company, they get a road. Ah, liberty!
Next we want a bigger road. Same story...now the group of people who want the road is a lot bigger. Let's organize a big lobby group for it, and we'll all pay for this bigass road.
We all get together, form an organization to see who pays what, then collect a bunch of money. We pay the construction company, take a little extra for organizational overhead, and we get a bigass road. Ah, liberty!
See, this is liberty: a group of honest working people organizing around a common social good. It works great! Way better than our previous system. Nothing can ever get done with a government around.