[822] in libertarians
Re: RS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Rose)
Sat Mar 18 15:07:27 1995
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 15:04:51 +0001 (EST)
From: Derek Rose <rosed@world.std.com>
To: jmckitri@MIT.EDU
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9503181948.AA04564@vongole.MIT.EDU>
On Sat, 18 Mar 1995 jmckitri@MIT.EDU wrote:
> Hey! Anyone see the new Rolling Stone? Big article on Libertarianism
> "Sidewalks for Sale". Why do they insist on calling libertarians utopian???
> Jennifer McKitrick
>
Yeah, I just read it today. It is a pretty favorable, the writer is
clearly intrigued by the ideas but (like more than a few others) doesn't
think it would work. But it is not a bad article at all, esp. in a
magzine that what, 20 million people read?
On another subject, I have a question that maybe someone here can
answer. I keep reading that the percentage of the federal budget devoted
to welfare is "miniscule," presumably b/c AFDC and food stamps combined
only make up 3% of the total budget. But doesn't this exclude Medicaid,
another big welfare program? Does anyone know what percentage of the
budget is spent on it?
-Derek.
