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Alex 1 Wrote: Apr 07, 2010 7:00 PM
...privatize socialism. We could create a legal framework for individual groups to form communal societies with enforcement mechanisms protected by, but not subsidized by the legal system. Individual groups could set their own criteria for membership, stipulate the required level of redistribution and have it checked by an actuary. They could show us how advanced they are.

I say, if you want socialism, have it. Just don't do it with the money of people who wouldn't vote for it. If I want to socialize myself, I will do it my way.

I used to be a Kennedy-style "liberal." Then I wised up. Now I'm a libertarian.

But what does that mean?

When I asked people on the street, half had no clue.

We know that conservatives want government to conserve traditional values. They say they're for limited government, but they're pro-drug war, pro-immigration restriction and anti-abortion, and they often support "nation-building."

Sean Hannity FREE

And so-called liberals? They tend to be anti-gun and pro-choice on abortion. They favor big, powerful government -- they say -- to make life kinder for people.

By contrast, libertarians want government to leave...

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