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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They want people to believe that we can’t afford a social safety net. Of course, they could raise revenue, like forgo the tax cut extension, help the IRS collect the $500-$700 billion/year that goes uncollected from the wealthy and remove the wage cap on payroll taxes. [b]But, libertarians - and that’s who is pulling the chains here - hate government, taxes, and especially a social safety net.[/b] They think that everyone should be on their own and the market itself will sort everything out. Apparently, after there’s no safety net, old people will respond to incentives to work again and former taxpayers will inundate charities with money for the poor. 🙄[/quote]

There was a great program on Bloomberg this weekend, with the author of Burning Down the House: How the Libertarian Philosophy was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed. https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Down-House-Libertarian-Philosophy/dp/1250280133

I've only know the self-centered, greedy side of Libertarianism and had never heard of its true roots. That while too much governmental regulation impedes liberty, people can't lose sight of the fact there's no liberty without personal responsibility. And that responsibility isn't just to us or our families.  But also to the systems we create to support ourselves.  The author's example was the covid shot.  Today's libertarians rage against a state-imposed health mandate, not realizing that none of us are self-sufficient and truly independent. We depend on huge and small social systems alike to gain anything. So when a global health catastrophe arises, a governmental public health mandate makes sense. He argues for less regulation, but also that people should understand purposeful, beneficial regulation is a necessity.  He had less-than-kind words to say about Rand Paul, for example.  Who can't see that Obamacare would help maintain a healthier workforce from which more entrepreneurs will rise, and from which more workers will support those businesses.  And we all thrive.  Rand Paul doesn't have to see the human side.  That we want to be healthy for ourselves and our loved ones, and we want them healthy too.  But he should be able to see the business side of it. [/quote]

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