Federal byelection candidate gets online buzz with libertarian memes | Canada Politics - Yahoo News Canada - Andy Radia, Political Points:
March 6, 2014 - "If elections were won based on creativity, then this guy would be the next MP for Fort McMurray - Athabasca.
"Libertarian candidate Tim Moen — who is running in a federal byelection which has yet to be called — is getting a lot of attention for his social media memes which explain libertarianism.
"In an interview with Yahoo Canada News on Thursday, Moen talked about his platform. 'A libertarian is someone who espouses the philosophies of classical liberalism ;ndash; the idea that a person owns himself and is a product of his or her labour and that people ought not initiate force against other people to try and get their way,' he said.
"He continued, explaining how a libertarian government might tackle taxes. 'We see taxes as an initiation of force because the end-product of not paying your taxes or not complying is that you get thrown in the jail. And we don't think that people have the right to demand money or else you'll be thrown in a cage,... We understand that there are things that people want ... roads and healthcare and maybe national defence ... so we're for finding ways of connecting people with those services that don't involve initiating force.'"
Read more: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/want-gay-married-couples-able-protect-marijuana-plants-232134970.html
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March 6, 2014 - "If elections were won based on creativity, then this guy would be the next MP for Fort McMurray - Athabasca.
"Libertarian candidate Tim Moen — who is running in a federal byelection which has yet to be called — is getting a lot of attention for his social media memes which explain libertarianism.
"In an interview with Yahoo Canada News on Thursday, Moen talked about his platform. 'A libertarian is someone who espouses the philosophies of classical liberalism ;ndash; the idea that a person owns himself and is a product of his or her labour and that people ought not initiate force against other people to try and get their way,' he said.
"He continued, explaining how a libertarian government might tackle taxes. 'We see taxes as an initiation of force because the end-product of not paying your taxes or not complying is that you get thrown in the jail. And we don't think that people have the right to demand money or else you'll be thrown in a cage,... We understand that there are things that people want ... roads and healthcare and maybe national defence ... so we're for finding ways of connecting people with those services that don't involve initiating force.'"
Read more: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/want-gay-married-couples-able-protect-marijuana-plants-232134970.html
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