deafbrutha said:
What the hell do you mean by "Don't be too selfish about too much freedom"?I didn't realise we had too much freedom.......There is only ONE reason why same sex marraiges are banned and that is PREJUDICE pure and simple.....gee I am really worried now, either we have some self hating gays/lesbians on this lists or we have heterosexuals who think theyare our friends but their comments posted in this discussion prove they are just as prejudiced as the rest of the population.
GET EDUCATED...EQUALITY and FREEDOM FOR ALL! AND BE SELFISH ABOUT IT TOO..WHY SHOULD HETEROSEXUALS HAVE ALLTHE FUN?
"Let's look at true freedom - And the idea that you have too much freedom is really laughable.
Are you enjoying unfettered individualism when, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 47 percent of the national income is diverted to federal, state, and local taxes? How free are you when the politicians impose their choices on your life in whatever way they want -- unrestrained by the limits written in the Constitution?
What would a society that truly honors individual freedom be like -- a society in which the government is chained down by the Constitution? Let me paint a picture for you.
In a Libertarian America:
• You will pay no income tax -- because a government limited by the Constitution would be small enough to get by on today's tariffs and excise taxes. Your annual take-home pay should be thousands of dollars larger than it is now.
• You no longer will be forced to pay 15 percent of your income to a fraudulent retirement scheme like Social Security. Every dollar you earn will be yours -- to spend, to save, or to give away as you see fit. You might arrange to have your employer automatically deposit 5 percent or some other nominal amount of your paycheck into a bank savings account or other retirement plan -- and come out many times better off than with Social Security.
• In the absence of drug laws, drug users will buy their drugs inexpensively and safely from pharmaceutical companies, putting the criminal drug gangs out of business. The nightmare of Prohibition will finally be over.
• No one will interfere in any way with your right to defend yourself. Whether or not you choose to own a gun, your neighborhood will be much safer because criminals will have no way to know which residents are armed.
• Health care will be much more accessible and much less expensive. Insurance will be available to virtually everyone, at much lower cost than is the case today. Charity hospitals and free clinics will proliferate. Hospital stays will be far less expensive, and most doctors will make house calls. (How do I know this would be the case? Because that's the way it was in America before the federal government took over health care in the 1960s.)
• Your person and property will be safe from intrusive searches and seizures. No longer will government agents paw through your bank records or monitor your e-mail, looking for suspicious activities. Your personal life will belong to you and no one else.
• There will be those who will use their freedom to act irresponsibly. But you will be free to protect yourself from their actions -- far more easily than you can today. And companies will be free to offer all sorts of ways by which you can insulate yourself from the irresponsibility of others. You can choose for yourself who's best qualified to help you, and you can choose to dismiss anyone who doesn't live up to his promises.
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone -- not just those who have the resources to seize political power."
now that scares me
