Posted on 03/06/2006 6:14:22 AM PST by peyton randolph
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Browne's vision of minimal government allowed for no state role in environmental protection, health and safety regulations, or building and maintaining highways. His platform included immediate repeal of the federal income tax and dismantling of Social Security.
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He was one of the good guys - ALS - nasty way to go.
What was his stance on gay marriage, abortion and drug legalization?
Like Barry Goldwater, Browne believed these were not issues that the federal government should be meddling in - either pro or con.
If you want to know more, check out his book How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World.
A bright guy with many good ideas who unfortunately was before his time. Rest in peace Harry.
Browne's speeches always stressed a desire to return to the days of fierce individualism, when each man was a king of own cave, and life was deliriously nasty, brutish,and short. He frequently lamented the fact that the new guys on the block, the cro-magnons, had become dominant and had different ideas that included something called "civilization" that made allowance for some cooperative activities within the ambit of something called the "state."
Prayers for this man's family. And prayers for America that someone resume this man's legacy.
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