A Libertarian's look at Christmas

[Ravi]

Guys, don't mind Ravi. She's being her typical pretentious self, and most likely doesn't think this harshly about libertarians at all.

She makes it a habit to pick on everyone but today's 'liberal'. It defines her existence around here.

If by "today's liberal" you mean progressives you are wrong....as usual.

 

[JW Frogen]

This is why it would truly behoove our society to feed libertarians to the poor.

Quite the Modest Proposal.

I find Libertarians are tasty with a good helping of Tabasco.

The poor can't afford Tabasco, let them eat caked Libretarians.

If they are sexy, Jerry Springer trailor trash I say batter this Libretarian up!

 

[Ravi]

You want the criminals in Washington or your state capital in charge of the criminals in prison? I certainly don't.

Whether they be criminals or not, at least they are criminals which we can vote out of office. Unlike CEOs.

And how well has that worked out for us over the last 200 years? Not very well I'd say.

You must be joking...it's has worked out very well for us...what political system do you prefer?

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Whether they be criminals or not, at least they are criminals which we can vote out of office. Unlike CEOs.

And how well has that worked out for us over the last 200 years? Not very well I'd say.

You must be joking...it's has worked out very well for us...what political system do you prefer?

Really? So voting out corrupt politicians is just a snap of the finger then?

 

[JW Frogen]

Really? So voting out corrupt politicians is just a snap of the finger then?

I prefer to assassinate them.

Voting takes too long, you have to wait in all those lines, and fill out the paperwork to register.

One lead shot to the head, problem solved.

It is Zen democracy.

 

[Ravi]

And how well has that worked out for us over the last 200 years? Not very well I'd say.

You must be joking...it's has worked out very well for us...what political system do you prefer?

Really? So voting out corrupt politicians is just a snap of the finger then?

In comparison, yes it is.

 

[Kalam]

Are we sure that the OP's article wasn't satirical? God, I hope it was

 

[Anguille]

This is why it would truly behoove our society to feed libertarians to the poor.

Quite the Modest Proposal.

I find Libertarians are tasty with a good helping of Tabasco.

I find them hard to stomach, myself.

Even less nutritious than partisan neocons, like xenophon, for example.

Neither has much fiber.

 

[Father Time]

"The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him."

We can't assume that, this is fiction, so the we can't apply this phoney "libertarian perspective".

Also I don't remember anything in the story suggesting Scrooge should be forced to pay him, he lacks of compassion which is what makes him the bad guy (sort of).

 

[mal]

So let's look without preconceptions at Scrooge's allegedly underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit. The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him. Since no one has, and since Cratchit's profit-maximizing boss is hardly a man to pay for nothing, Cratchit must be worth exactly his present wages.

No doubt Cratchit needs—i.e., wants—more, to support his family and care for Tiny Tim. But Scrooge did not force Cratchit to father children he is having difficulty supporting. If Cratchit had children while suspecting he would be unable to afford them, he, not Scrooge, is responsible for their plight. And if Cratchit didn't know how expensive they would be, why must Scrooge assume the burden of Cratchit's misjudgment?

Scrooge Defended - Michael Levin - Mises Institute

Did Scrooge Fuck Cratchit's Old Lady?...

And this isn't a Libertarian thing, although I can see how some of it can be Applied.



peace...

 

[mal]

Quite the Modest Proposal.

I find Libertarians are tasty with a good helping of Tabasco.

The poor can't afford Tabasco, let them eat caked Libretarians.

If they are sexy, Jerry Springer trailor trash I say batter this Libretarian up!

The "Poor" are in Line @ Midnight getting the Latest Release of Halo...

Fuck em, this ain't Honestly "Bad Times"...

This is Relatively Bad Times Compared with the Irrational Exhuberance and Wreckless Actions of Lenders and the Fed that fed it.

Corrections Happen... This one was LONG Overdue.



peace...

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

So let's look without preconceptions at Scrooge's allegedly underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit. The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him. Since no one has, and since Cratchit's profit-maximizing boss is hardly a man to pay for nothing, Cratchit must be worth exactly his present wages.

No doubt Cratchit needs—i.e., wants—more, to support his family and care for Tiny Tim. But Scrooge did not force Cratchit to father children he is having difficulty supporting. If Cratchit had children while suspecting he would be unable to afford them, he, not Scrooge, is responsible for their plight. And if Cratchit didn't know how expensive they would be, why must Scrooge assume the burden of Cratchit's misjudgment?

Scrooge Defended - Michael Levin - Mises Institute

What is the point of this thread and post?

 

[Father Time]

So let's look without preconceptions at Scrooge's allegedly underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit. The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him. Since no one has, and since Cratchit's profit-maximizing boss is hardly a man to pay for nothing, Cratchit must be worth exactly his present wages.

No doubt Cratchit needs—i.e., wants—more, to support his family and care for Tiny Tim. But Scrooge did not force Cratchit to father children he is having difficulty supporting. If Cratchit had children while suspecting he would be unable to afford them, he, not Scrooge, is responsible for their plight. And if Cratchit didn't know how expensive they would be, why must Scrooge assume the burden of Cratchit's misjudgment?

Scrooge Defended - Michael Levin - Mises Institute

What is the point of this thread and post?

To accuse libertarians of lacking compassion and empathy?

 

[manifold]

I think the author should have taken this one step further and done a sort of Devil and Daniel Webster thing with it. With the author playing the part of Webster, arguing on behalf of scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas being little socialist demoncrats.

 

[Ravi]

So let's look without preconceptions at Scrooge's allegedly underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit. The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him. Since no one has, and since Cratchit's profit-maximizing boss is hardly a man to pay for nothing, Cratchit must be worth exactly his present wages.

No doubt Cratchit needs—i.e., wants—more, to support his family and care for Tiny Tim. But Scrooge did not force Cratchit to father children he is having difficulty supporting. If Cratchit had children while suspecting he would be unable to afford them, he, not Scrooge, is responsible for their plight. And if Cratchit didn't know how expensive they would be, why must Scrooge assume the burden of Cratchit's misjudgment?

Scrooge Defended - Michael Levin - Mises Institute

What is the point of this thread and post?

I saw this after Kevin Kennedy posted his thread revising the meaning of the original Thanksgiving and it made me laugh so I posted it here.

Libertarians sometimes can be unintentionally hysterically funny.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

"The fact is, if Cratchit's skills were worth more to anyone than the fifteen shillings Scrooge pays him weekly, there would be someone glad to offer it to him."

We can't assume that, this is fiction, so the we can't apply this phoney "libertarian perspective".

Also I don't remember anything in the story suggesting Scrooge should be forced to pay him, he lacks of compassion which is what makes him the bad guy (sort of).

The author took a fictional situation and applied how things work in the real world, obviously the point of the novel is to see Scrooge as the horrible old miser only out for himself.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Scrooge Defended - Michael Levin - Mises Institute

What is the point of this thread and post?

I saw this after Kevin Kennedy posted his thread revising the meaning of the original Thanksgiving and it made me laugh so I posted it here.

Libertarians sometimes can be unintentionally hysterically funny.

Ummm nobody revised the meaning of Thanksgiving. I pointed out how there would have been nothing to be thankful for had it not been for private property.

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Scrooge Defended - Michael Levin - Mises Institute

What is the point of this thread and post?

I saw this after Kevin Kennedy posted his thread revising the meaning of the original Thanksgiving and it made me laugh so I posted it here.

Libertarians sometimes can be unintentionally hysterically funny.

I feel dumb today, i'm still sorta confused by this thread.

So kevin was talking about something to do with thanksgiving and you posted a person's, who self identifies as a liberatarian, christmas rant.

Treat me like a man and give me specifics, sometimes we(men) are not good at finding the hidden meaning in subtle statements by women.

 

[Ravi]

Libertarians make me laugh. You're reading too much into it.

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Libertarians make me laugh. You're reading too much into it.

Thats good enough for me