[469] in libertarians
Political Prisoners (was Re: term limits)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vernon Imrich)
Wed Dec 7 03:12:10 1994
To: Magnus Nilsson <magnusn@algonet.se>
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Dec 1994 08:54:36 +0100."
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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 03:09:21 EST
From: Vernon Imrich <vimrich@MIT.EDU>
|> around 22%. The public sector spende 65-70 % of gnp.
I mentioned this to someone else for a different reason, but I
think it would be quite a statement for the US to (someday)
allow immigration under the "political prisoner" status for
some of these countries.
Anyone wishing to escape a country that spends 65-70% of GNP on
the government should definately be allowed (I'd make the cut-off
line at 30-50%). The original idea was in response to someone else
about Canada's tougher gun control laws. I.e. we should allow people
in from tough gun control countries as well.
I know this would be sort of an affront to some people, probably
in both countries. But it would make a nice statement about
the US committment to our own interpretation of human rights in a
free society. Of course, we won't be in a position to enact such
a policy any time soon, but it's something fun to think about.
It would be fun to see the Norwegian or Canadian reaction upon
hearing the US is accepting people from their countries as
"political prisoners."
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