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And you're right, economics is much too complicated for me to easily win such an argument. In a nutshell, my argument is that libertarianism is great, but if we're talking about idealized utoponian economies, I'd like one that was completely free except for government provided health care, schools, fire protection, police, recreational facilities, water, 2000 calories a day, basic shelter, clothing, vocational training, and puppies. A 20% sales tax should be enough to cover it. Also, in such an idealized economic society, the government provides seed stage capital/services for companies and ends up owning minority shares in otherwise public or private companies.
In other words, I love freedom, but I'm very willing to pay a fair, flat tax to provide a basic standard of living such that no one is sleeping on the streets, unless they really want to be.
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And you're right, economics is much too complicated for me to easily win such an argument. In a nutshell, my argument is that libertarianism is great, but if we're talking about idealized utoponian economies, I'd like one that was completely free except for government provided health care, schools, fire protection, police, recreational facilities, water, 2000 calories a day, basic shelter, clothing, vocational training, and puppies. A 20% sales tax should be enough to cover it. Also, in such an idealized economic society, the government provides seed stage capital/services for companies and ends up owning minority shares in otherwise public or private companies.
In other words, I love freedom, but I'm very willing to pay a fair, flat tax to provide a basic standard of living such that no one is sleeping on the streets, unless they really want to be.