Let the Free Market Feed the Indonesians
As David Sucher, of the linkable-if-only-the-urblog-survived-host-transfer(-and-neglect) City Comforts Blog, so aptly noted, this is "why libertarians have little political impact:"
Don't send tax dollars to help tsunami victims…
Every dollar that the government hands out as foreign aid has to be extorted from an American taxpayer first. Year after year, for decades, the government has forced American taxpayers to provide foreign aid to the victims of every type of natural or man-made disaster: from the Marshall Plan to reconstruct a war-ravaged Europe, to the billions recently promised to fight AIDS in Africa, to the countless amounts spent to help the victims of earthquakes, fires and floods — from South America to Asia.
That was in today's ProJo. David was linking another Randian saying something similar, which just amplifies the point. Government and private aid together won't bring back the thousands of human beings who lost their lives, but every dollar that goes to alleviating suffering in Asia is worth it. Stingy libertarians and compassionate conservatives can suck it. (read that last link. Seriously)
January 5th, 2005 at 9:55 am
Other Blogs Rundown
Here’s a quick rundown on what’s going on at some of the other blogs I most often read. Bil notes some goofy Libertarian ideas about the tsunami disaster. Namely that they shouldn’t get any foreign aid. Those nutty Randians. But…
January 5th, 2005 at 12:18 pm
I came you you via Dr. Monentum.
Thanks for this posting, and especially for the Digby link. What on earth is wrong with these people? Dropped on their heads as babies, were they?
Unreal. Well, sadly, not really…
January 6th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
Thanks for stopping by, Anony. You’re welcome back any time!