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Old 08-09-2006, 02:49 PM   #71
Radar
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There are some things that would not be private. Everything specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution is a valid part of government and can be paid for without a single penny of income taxes using the tariffs and excise taxes we already collect. We'd just have to get rid of every part of government NOT mentioned in the Constitution.

Does it surprise you to know we had schools, courts, roads, and a military before income taxes were collected? In fact with the exception of roads, all of these were better before income taxes were collected than they are now.

Roads are mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, so are a judicial system, legislature, post office, etc. These are legitimate functions of government.

Schools on the other hand are far too important to put in the hands of government and have steadily gotten worse and worse since Reagan created the department of education.

Eminent domain is not legitimate, and libertarians would do away with it entirely through a Constitutional amendment. Without eminent domain, we'd still have roads, airports, railways, etc. The only difference is people could ask a lot more for their land and most likely would. Given the expense of building these things, the costs wouldn't go up dramatically based on this.
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