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To: 82Marine89

Since it seems the purpose of this article is to identify points of the libertarian platform that preclude wider public support, how about this goodie:

"We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation -- including the Department of Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Coast Guard, and the Federal Maritime Commission -- and the transfer of their legitimate functions to competitive private firms. We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of airports, air traffic control systems, public roads and the national highway system."

Just try winning an election while proposing to privitize all the roads in this country.


36 posted on 02/27/2005 3:42:23 PM PST by DugwayDuke
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To: DugwayDuke

Do the (L)'s want to privatize the military too?


41 posted on 02/27/2005 3:45:02 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: DugwayDuke

Ummm, hate to burst your bubble, but that is exactly the kind of thing Ronald Reagan proposed while getting re-elected in a landslide. In fact, Reagan said explicitly that the majority of functions performed by the government other than defense could better be served by private entities in a competetive marketplace.

I guess Reagan was just one of those crazy old Libertarians, though.


85 posted on 02/27/2005 6:22:18 PM PST by NCSteve
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