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[-] loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I am libertarian-ish, but generally don't like all the loud libertarian nuts (I register Dem and vote Dem because the things I care about aren't represented anywhere on the ballot anymore).

For me, it comes to a very simple economics truism: Governments are pretty damn inefficient and tend to waste a lot of money because of the process and bureaucracy. Markets on the other hand, tend to be really efficient at allocating capital when left alone. The times a government should step in is when the market has created a form of externality that breaks things. The old economics example is the people downstream from a chemical plant are paying the price for the plant's pollution.

From a libertarian lens:

  • The government should negotiate SPH b.c. it's obvious that markets failed and we'd all be better off (spend less money) if everyone had healthcare.
  • The government should stay out of people's bedrooms and love lives, it has no business there.
  • The government should use UBI and then eliminate every other deduction, and tax break, and subsidy (Social Sec, . The office running UBI could be one guy sending checks out once a month (exaggerated obvi)

Unfortunately the things I'd like to see from a libertarian don't actually show up.

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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Libertarians are Republicans that smoke weed. They are identical at their core.

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[-] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

With the general state of health in America, it's probably better for the fit 0.1% if they don't have to share healthcare resources with the rest.

[-] lltnskyc@monero.town -2 points 6 months ago

Because you can only implement universal healthcare through violence/theft. Doctors need a motivation to work, right? So you either

  • Force people to pay tax under threat of violence or find some other way to steal money.
  • Force doctors to work under threat of violence.
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