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Don't speak in absolutes and I won't read absolutes. Joel Send a noteboard - 04/02/2010 10:08:43 AM
I'm pretty sure Cannoli likes his government out of the way, like a good libertarian.
One of the few things everyone, including libertarians, do agree upon, is government should be there for wars of defense.

"a legislature that cannot pass anything is about the best I can hope for in practical terms. Ideally we would have a legislation that understood they should NOT be passing anything, but I'll settle for one that gets in its own way. "

I don't see a qualifier attached to his expressed desires, but if you can show me one I'll concede the point. I'm sorry, but more often than not it does seem to me (and note MY qualifier; it is just my impression, as I've often said) what many if not most libertarians want is a government that only serves their particular interests, whatever those happen to be. Since I mentioned it earlier, what's the libertarian consensus on the evil government interfering to regulate how much citizen juries can award private citizens represented by private lawyers in civil suits? I suspect, but can't prove, it has a lot to do with whether a given libertarian thinks themselves more likely to be the litigant or the defendant in that trial. ;)
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