Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site bunker.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!bunker!garys From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Empirical data on Libertarianism? Message-ID: <711@bunker.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 09:00:08 EST Article-I.D.: bunker.711 Posted: Fri Feb 8 09:00:08 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 09:22:18 EST References: <1597@bmcg.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Bunker Ramo, Trumbull Ct Lines: 22 > I won't attempt to list the ethical obligations that humanness > creates: you've made a good start, yourself. The difference between > Libertarians and liberals is in the attitude about them. The liberal > says: somebody oughta do something about this, but I don't really want > to get involved--I'll have the government handle it. The Libertarian > says: somebody oughta do something about this, but there ain't nobody > to do it but me and whatever help I can find--I'd better get to work--get > your $%^&* government out of the way. I can agree with that. > If you find a solution, particularly a solution with empirical > evidence that shows that the solution works, come see us Libertarians. > So far, the Libertarian solution is the only one that has ever worked. ??? What empirical evidence? When has the Libertarian solution actually been implemented? If you could point us heathen to a real example of libertarianism in action, past or present, you might be able to clear up a lot of what you say are misconceptions about what libertarianism entails. Gary Samuelson