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*"In an ideal world, there would be no taxation. All services would be paid for on an as-used basis. But in a less-than-ideal world, some services will be force-financed for the foreseeable future. However, not all taxes are equally deleterious, and the worst form of taxation is a tax on productivity -- i.e. an "income" tax -- and no libertarian supports this type of taxation. What kind of taxation is least harmful? This is a topic still open for debate. My own preference is for a single tax on land. Is this "the" libertarian position on taxes? No. But all libertarians oppose any form of income tax."[http://www.l4l.org/library/nolan.html] | *"In an ideal world, there would be no taxation. All services would be paid for on an as-used basis. But in a less-than-ideal world, some services will be force-financed for the foreseeable future. However, not all taxes are equally deleterious, and the worst form of taxation is a tax on productivity -- i.e. an "income" tax -- and no libertarian supports this type of taxation. What kind of taxation is least harmful? This is a topic still open for debate. My own preference is for a single tax on land. Is this "the" libertarian position on taxes? No. But all libertarians oppose any form of income tax."[http://www.l4l.org/library/nolan.html] | ||
*"Proliferation of guns only decreases safety. For everybody, including the gun-owner, and their immediate family."[https://www.facebook.com/groups/Geolibertarian/permalink/1515494905227655/?comment_id=1515903521853460&reply_comment_id=1518365244940621¬if_id=1524841601881102¬if_t=group_comment_reply&ref=notif] | *"Proliferation of guns only decreases safety. For everybody, including the gun-owner, and their immediate family."[https://www.facebook.com/groups/Geolibertarian/permalink/1515494905227655/?comment_id=1515903521853460&reply_comment_id=1518365244940621¬if_id=1524841601881102¬if_t=group_comment_reply&ref=notif] | ||
*"... We have seen our last snowfall. The snowfall will become a rare and exciting event. Children will grow up just not knowing what snow looks like ..." ~ Dr. David Viner of the Hadley Climate Research Center - 2000 | |||
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Below are examples of what is referred to as a thought-thread - core ideas which animate the rest of a ideology or its adherents belief system, sometimes all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.
- "converting private property into public wealth, and substituting co-operation for competition, will restore society to its proper condition of a thoroughly healthy organism" and is said to lead to individualism, that is, the ability to pursue one's creative ventures whatever they may be. [1]
- Einstein didn’t believe that light could bend or that the universe had a beginning (the so-called big bang). Then again, maybe the universe is one of many and the many oscillate.
- According to one, "Feminists knew they couldn't sell their message using communist language. So they created their own, one that would appeal to the masses." [2]
- "... Men are men and women are women. They are essentially different and designed for a natural division of labor. ..."
- "In an ideal world, there would be no taxation. All services would be paid for on an as-used basis. But in a less-than-ideal world, some services will be force-financed for the foreseeable future. However, not all taxes are equally deleterious, and the worst form of taxation is a tax on productivity -- i.e. an "income" tax -- and no libertarian supports this type of taxation. What kind of taxation is least harmful? This is a topic still open for debate. My own preference is for a single tax on land. Is this "the" libertarian position on taxes? No. But all libertarians oppose any form of income tax."[3]
- "Proliferation of guns only decreases safety. For everybody, including the gun-owner, and their immediate family."[4]
- "... We have seen our last snowfall. The snowfall will become a rare and exciting event. Children will grow up just not knowing what snow looks like ..." ~ Dr. David Viner of the Hadley Climate Research Center - 2000