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From: Jonathan Metz
Date: Jun 13, 2013 9:34AM

Speaking as a libertarian, I guess it¹s all my fault then. We¹re just
money-grubbing jerks out to nickel and dime the American people. Man, we
must be so transparent for you to figure us out!

I will admit that THEIR view of libertarian philosophy is far more
Consequentialist than my quasi-Contractarian philosophy, but lumping the
government into one bucket of political thought is erroneous and silly.
The truth is the government is made up of a large entity of individuals.
The majority are out there for personal gain, but I doubt very seriously
it can easily be blamed on one group of people.

-Jonathan





On 6/13/13 11:06 AM, "Chagnon | PubCom" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>Olaf wrote: " And whose government is it - ours or somebody else's?"
>
>Can't say for other countries, but from my perch here in Washington DC
>it's
>looking like my U.S. government is owned by major money, like the Koch
>brothers who contributed to the campaigns of more than 50% of our
>Congressional members (both houses, all parties). They are tied for the
>4th
>wealthiest people in the US (Forbes List) and they fund nonprofits,
>political action committees, legislation, lawsuits, TV stations, radio
>stations, newspapers, and the libertarian party.
>
>Given that their view of libertarianism is more like corporatism, I would
>not be surprised to see them fund actions that would rescind Sec. 508 and
>other similar legislation because their mantra is to "rid business of the
>tyranny of government regulations" and "get government off our backs."
>Sec.
>508 is a package of government regulations and, following their logic, if
>regs increase the financial burden on corporations, the regs then force
>them
>to reduce their operating costs by a) cutting jobs, or b) outsourcing jobs
>overseas. So the threat of losing jobs often is used to counter regulatory
>efforts.
>
>Doesn't matter what the regulation is regulating: environment, health,
>worker safety, or accessibility. If they don't like the reg, they now have
>the financial power, politicians, and duped population that they can
>threaten to take their ball and play in someone else's court. Or country.
>
>-Bevi Chagnon
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