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"paghat" wrote in message
news On our ballot the only well-represented third-party is Libertarians. About two out of every three of their basic ideas aren't all that nutty, but when they're wrong, hooboy are they off the deep end nuts. If they ever had an ounce of power they promise to give the national forests away to big business who will of course be excellent guardians of the resources for everyone. And the moon is made of cheese. A civil libertarian myself, it annoys me that the word has become increasingly associated with these crackpots. The LP here (Rochester NY) has a booth at some of the local outdoor festivals. The following theory came from one of the staff, who I *hope* was not representative of the mainstream in that party. Ready? Do away with all tax except sales tax. When I questioned him about which charity would maintain the roads, he said the users of roads would pay for it. How? Toll booths. I commented that we already had toll booths on highways like the NY State Thruway, but I couldn't see how the concept would work on local roads. He said anything was possible. He looked young, so I told him that the "right turn on red" thing didn't exist in many states until the oil crisis of the early 1970s, and was instituted so less cars would idle uselessly at red lights. I suggested that toll booths would reverse this concept. He said "Oh well. What can I tell ya?" Oh boy. |
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