US History Questions-

[thehighwaymanq]

When I was getting my license I kept hearing "Driving is a privilege, not a right"

Is that true?

 

[cindy25]

Are these interview style questions or something that you just want so you can balance your own thoughts off of?

I'm no professional by any means, so please don't take what I write as any kind of professional response.

1. What is a union? How does the free market handle unions?
A Union is basically a group that workers form in order to protect their own interests. I as a free market advocate have nothing against the IDEA of a union, however I am disgusted with what they have become. Thanks to their influence over politics, they have created regulations and laws that give them more power to those in control of Unions who make tons of money. They give an unfair playing field for their employers.
Probably the biggest example of how Unions control the buisiness world is through immigration policies. The very first immigration policies that dealt with capping immigrants coming from Eastern Europe, were influenced 100% by Unions not wanting a labor force that would work within the free market endangering their stranglehold over buisinesses.

2.How does the free market stop outsourcing of jobs?
The first problem is that the way that this question is handled puts a negative issue on outsourcing. Outsourcing is the outcome of the free market reacting to laws that make it harder to conduct business in a certain economy. There are many laws that limit buisinesses here so much that it is unprofitable for them to operate within the United States. Is it bad for a company to operate on what is profitable for them? I'm sure if laws were less existent and less restricting, this would be a much less worrisome problem.

3. How does the free market handle tycoons?
According to Dictionary.com, a tycoon is a businessman of exceptional wealth and power.
Is this such a negative thing that a man be so accomplished within the market?
The only problem is that many such tycoons are only responsible because they can manipulate their way through the government in order to make themselves more profitable artificially instead of actually participating within the market.
Tycoons rise and fall in a free market by their skill in buisiness, not in political whoremongering.

4. Why did the US enter World War One?
This is a rather vague question. I think that those in power would've liked to enter World War 1 when Britain and France did, however they couldn't as popular opinion was against it as well as they had a lack of a casus belli against Germany.
I am not the one to raise conspiracies, but it would not be too outlandish to suggest that there was some pushing here and there by various powers in order to sway popular opinion.
Look at who were the ones whom intercepted the Zimmermann Telegram, the British. They were having an awfully hard time in France, so why not? Enrage Americans by making them think that the Germans asked Mexico to declare war on the United States, while the thought of war with Mexico just recently was still fresh.

5. Should taxes exist at all?
As long as it is involuntary, then no. Taxes are immoral. Why does a government have justification to steal your property when no one else legally can? If I were to buy you a car and then say "Congratulations! Here is a car! You now have to pay for it and have no choice to refuse unless you wish to go to jail!", if I did that I would be laughed at, why is the government any more special?

6. Social moral economic reasons for the legalization of marijuana?
It is immoral for the government to tell you what you can or cannot do to yourself.

7. Can the draft be considered slavery, therefore illegal?
Yes. I'd use the word immoral instead of illegal however.

8. Is the government asking for citizens to buy liberty bonds allowed under the Constitution?
Asking citizens is a hell of a lot better than forcing them by gunpoint to pay for wars abroad. This is how the majority of a war is funded. Liberty bonds are pretty much just tokens that are sold to make those whom are not capable of signing up to get shot can feel better and "patriotic".

9. Does an Isolationist / non-interventionist foreign policy lead to dictators and tyrannical leaders abroad?
It does not either deter them or create them specifically. What it does do however is prevent those tyrannical leaders from pointing their fingers and blaming you in order for them to gain power within their countries and justify attacks on you.

use the word slavery for the draft; a draft is both immoral and illegal, as per the 13th amendment and quote Ron Paul; he has a chapter on conscription in his new book.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

What is the Governments role in veteran affairs?

 

[thehighwaymanq]

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[thehighwaymanq]

Whats a Libertarian view on euthanasia?

 

[thehighwaymanq]

BUMP!

Is the ADA constitutional?

Aren't taxes going to public education helping society as a whole, and elevates our national level of intellect? Therefore, we should all support it.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

BUMP

If we don't want government regulation of business, would a company check / calibrate scales for certain businesses? And where would they generate money from?

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

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If we don't want government regulation of business, would a company check / calibrate scales for certain businesses? And where would they generate money from?

We'd have more BBB's. (Better Business Bureau)

 

[Teaser Rate]

I'm not the purest libertarian around, but I'll take a crack at answering some of your questions.

When I was getting my license I kept hearing "Driving is a privilege, not a right"

Is that true?

I would say it's a privilege as long as it's done on public roads. You have a right to do whatever you want on your own land, but when you use public property in a way which can harm others, you should have to follow certain rules.

Whats a Libertarian view on euthanasia?

It's your life and you should have the right to end it.

BUMP!

Is the ADA constitutional?

Not under a strict interpretation, however you wouldn't get very far trying to bring a case against it under current judicial conditions.

Aren't taxes going to public education helping society as a whole, and elevates our national level of intellect? Therefore, we should all support it.

The problem with that kind of claim is that it can't be quantified in any impartial way or narrowed down to keep the government out of anything. I could make an argument that we should support spending tax dollars to buy everyone beer because it would improve our national morale.

What is the Governments role in veteran affairs?

I think it is the government's legitimate role to take of soldiers who risked their lives for their country.

BUMP

If we don't want government regulation of business, would a company check / calibrate scales for certain businesses? And where would they generate money from?

Most industry standards are regulated from the bottom up through emergent markets. Ask yourself why almost every keyboard uses a QWERTY layout.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

Whats the Libertarian response to Ann Coulters Ron Paul attack that marriage has too many legal consequences to not be regulated by gov?

 

[thehighwaymanq]

BUMP.

There are some great questions / answers and dialogue on here. It's a really great resource!

 

[Watch]

I'm not the purest libertarian around, but I'll take a crack at answering some of your questions.


Euthanasia


It's your life and you should have the right to end it.

That would be a sufficient answer if we are talking about suicide only right? With euthanasia you are giving your right to end your own life, to another person. How do you transfer your rights to them, for them to kill you? This is a good topic, very interesting to hear the dialogue.