[4400] in Central_America
Re: New quotes for Fri Jul 3
sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Jul 5 16:57:09 1992
Do you mean to tell me that members of Congress lose their right
to associate and participate in agreements? That doesn't sounds very
Libertarian to me. But that avoids the main point - wasn't the "bank"
exactly the type of organization championed by Libertarianism? The fact
that it came about within the government is highly ironic on many
levels, but doesn't change its structure. I think the key element that
you're missing is that it wasn't a "government program" (evil, evil,
evil, ...), but more akin to the only private financial institution that
operated without Federal or State oversight (Is this not exactly the
Libertarian party's goals for all organizations?).
The "bank" actually grew out of the payroll disbursing office.
It is certainly within the responsibility of Government to pay its
employees, and if a group of them want to manage THEIR personal money
collectively in a certain fashion, again is this not the essence of
Libertarianism?
