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Hayek in "Unbroken", Part Two
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James Bovard on the Peace Corps
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Latte-land? Where's that?
"Poor people would buy guns. Uneducated people would buy guns. Many of them would commit crimes."
Hey, he's describing most of my home state! And almost all of them own an arsenal, but very few commit crimes.
"Latte-land? Where's that?"
It's next door to Homer Simpson's Land-of-Chocolate.
Bryan:
Have you allowed any facts about immigration to penetrate your consciousness since Julian Simon stopped writing books?
Here's a basic question: How many people on Earth live in countries with lower mean per capita incomes (PPP) than Mexico?
Just post your guess below.
Here's a basic question: How many people on Earth live in countries with lower mean per capita incomes (PPP) than Mexico?
Approximately five billion. Big number. Really scary. Here's a counter-question. How many internal immigrants (that is, people who moved from the countryside to the coastal areas because of the better opportunities there) are there in China right now?
I think we crashed Mike Huemer's site and used up all of his bandwidth. Now I can't read his articles. :(
Why would we want to have more poor and uneducated people enter the neighborhood?
Why would we want to have more poor and uneducated people enter the neighborhood?
Posted April 23, 1865 2:04 PM
Why would we want to have more poor and uneducated people enter the neighborhood?
It oughtn't be a matter of "we" or "us" deciding anything, because that would mean that we were second-guessing the market, and in a way that Hume showed long ago is to our detriment.
Someone wants to move in due to some economic pressures, has no serious criminal record, doesn't carry Ebola, let him move in at his own risk.
In the same way that many otherwise economically on-the-ball people can go all emotional and lose their heads when it comes to international trade (i.e., protectionist, free-trade-hating, self-described "free market" Republican types), many libertarians are jaw-droppingly tone deaf and naive when it comes to issues of defense or maintaining the rule of law.
Why would we want to have more poor and uneducated people enter the neighborhood?
C'mon. So we can get A.C.O.R.N. or La Raza to come and inject some stimulus money!!
P.S. - Latte-land is near Seattle!
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In a post about ridiculing other people, I find a certain irony in the censorship.
That's okay, you can keep the comment, and it's your prerogative. I'm glad you read it and I hope you consider the point.
If you think I'm giving you the ability to spam me so I can have the privilege of correcting your errors for your readers- no way.
Still, have a great day.