More anti-libertarian nonsense: Libertarians are heartless | Washington Times Communities - Thomas Mullen:
March 28, 2013 - "This week’s anti-libertarian nonsense is 'libertarians are heartless.'
"There are many variations on this theme. Libertarians oppose government-run education so they must not want poor people to get an education. They oppose government-run healthcare so they must want poor, sick people to die. They oppose government-subsidized housing so they must want poor people to be homeless, too (if they aren’t already)....
"The people who make these claims don’t understand what libertarianism is and don’t really understand the nature of government or their relationship to it, either.
"Libertarians do not object to you helping the poor. They merely object to you forcing someone else to help the poor."
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March 28, 2013 - "This week’s anti-libertarian nonsense is 'libertarians are heartless.'
"There are many variations on this theme. Libertarians oppose government-run education so they must not want poor people to get an education. They oppose government-run healthcare so they must want poor, sick people to die. They oppose government-subsidized housing so they must want poor people to be homeless, too (if they aren’t already)....
"The people who make these claims don’t understand what libertarianism is and don’t really understand the nature of government or their relationship to it, either.
"Libertarians do not object to you helping the poor. They merely object to you forcing someone else to help the poor."
Read more: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2013/mar/28/more-anti-libertarian-nonsense-libertarians-are-he/
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