Libertarians don't believe in abolishing the state. You have to be an anarchist to want that. And personally, I think it would be funny to strip anarchists of their citizenship, and deny them all services (including police protection) unless they paid for it. Meaning, the state would ignore any crimes committed against them, unless they paid for protection. Of course, purchasing the right to protection and economic participation would ultimately cost less than the taxes paid to the government, and I can see the appeal to libertarians, but no.

Unless, of course, the libertarian wanted to be stateless and forfeit all rights to political participation and welfare. Not sure why they would want to do that though, unless economic freedom was worth sacrificing their political rights.

Mand,

I am calling bs. Never in my experience have teachers in primary/secondary schooling held Ph.Ds. Seriously, wtf?

Altruist,

Actually, it would improve conditions, not worsen them. And there would be no military shootings on strikers. Striking would be legal, but the company ofc would be allowed to hire new employees.

At least the EU understands that sex is a cheaper deterrent to violence than increased police presence.

I like the Norwegian system. It sounds more flexible. You have the maximum sentence that your crime warrants, but you can also be confined further if you are deemed dangerous to society. Personally, I would take that concept further, but anyway, that guy is probably just a psychopath.

Big,

Although at-will employment is nominally popular in the US, there are too many exceptions that need to be disposed of. For one, the union agreements need to be thrown out.

FireWing,

1. Unions would not have to be banned. Companies would merely be allowed to fire them and hire new workers. It's the free market at work!

2. Maximum workday hours are evil. I am happy to work 50+ hours a week without overtime pay, but employers will avoid the extra cost of letting employees work overtime if they can avoid it. This creates a perverse incentive to work... less. For real, wtf? I want to freely sell my labor and undercut the lazy idiots, yet I'm not allowed to because of the government. On a similar notion, I could easily get a job at $5.00 an hour, but I can't negotiate below minimum wage. WTF !?!

Unions are cartels, little different from guilds.
Minimum wage laws increase unemployment.

They are EVIL !

> V.Kemp wrote:

> Justinian I, a "war on women" presumes women are too stupid to manage to afford really cheap birth control. Anyone arguing there's a war on women is waging one, claiming they're dumber than men.>

We first need to clarify two things:

1. Social conservatives have attacked the legality of abortion, and to a lesser extent birth control.
2. Social conservatives have challenged government efforts to reduce the price of condoms or other forms of birth control.

On 1, the social conservatives are out in crazy land. However, I am sympathetic with 2. I don't like government interference in the free-market, and generally understand such efforts as resulting in negative consequences. On the other hand, I am not going to accuse Liberals of thinking women are dumber than men. I think they are more likely naive, thinking impoverished women are incapable of affording it.

Worn,

LOL

Flint,

Except, market pressures mean that few men can afford a wife until their mid 30s.

Zarf,

1. Intention, maybe not. Effect, yes.
2. Opportunity cost.

1. Privatize Social Security, and cancel all government pension payments except to police and military.
2. Privatize Higher Education.
3. Base student financial aid on merit only.
4. Private Health Care.
5. Eliminate unemployment benefits.
6. Declare obesity as not a protected class.
7. Permit employers to hire/fire at will.
8. Eliminate the minimum wage.
9. Legalize "soft" drugs and prostitution to expand the number of taxable people.
10. Tax only wage and asset (not capital gains) income, and set taxes to 10-15% for all income above ~$10,000.
11. Undo the perverse incentives for banks to lend to risky demographics.
12. Cut the bank reserve rate to 5%.
13. Depreciate the dollar to increase exports.
14. Increase oil drilling.
15. End the war on terror, downsize the military to $400 billion, terminate our alliances with Europe, and return all troops stationed in Europe.

Then the economy would grow! Problems solved.

Who cares if they are finite? It creates pressure to innovate.

Phew. The social conservative is gone.