So I was browsing the internet at lunch and saw this picture of Clint Eastwood which sent me into a quiet nerd rage.
My first reaction is that of course someone as rich as Clint Eastwood wants no government. If someone hits his car and totals it he can afford to replace it. If he has a house on the beach and it gets flooded, who cares? The guy can rebuild or let it rot and it won’t change whether he gets to go on vacation that year or not.
If you are a Libertarian and you don’t have a few million in the bank, you might want to have your head scanned.
Lets take a look at the Libertarian polices according to Wikepedia:
Fiscal policies
“The Libertarian Party opposes all government intervention and regulation on wages, prices, rents, profits, production, and interest rates and advocate the repeal of all laws banning or restricting the advertising of prices, products, or services…
And they want to do away with almost if not all taxes. Sounds just like what a multi millionaire needs, unlimited ability generate income without having to pay for the roads their goods are driven on or pay the police who keep their stores and facilities safe.
Liberterians would allow companies to manage themselves. When has that ever failed? Oh wait, the banking crisis, the mortgage crisis, and if we go back a few decades, rivers on fire because of how those self regulated companies dealt with waste materials.
Sorry, a strong central government is an absolute requirement. And the wealthy do have the responsibility to pay more taxes. The concentration of wealth generation after generation in the top 1% is the greatest risk to this country. It may not be as acute as terrorism but it will be much more devastating.
