A blog has been posted up on the Libertarian Party website, about the government’s involvement in business. Here’s an excerpt:
Remember last year when the automakers came crawling to Congress for a taxpayer-funded bailout, and lawmakers demanded they be forced to make more hybrid cars because that’s what people want?
Well, that turns out to be another great example of why Obama, the Democrats and the Republicans are wrong when they tell private businesses what to sell.
And if American automakers do go out of business, throwing millions into unemployment, it will be because of government.
You can read the full article here. Source: Libertarian Party.
depends on your definition of wimp. to me, a wimp is a childish whiner, one who’s not learned the difference between respectful disagreement and ranting.
While the LP blog post is welcome, it’s rather timid, especially in identifying the real culprits: Obama and the Democrats.
This is no time for timidity amongst Libertarians. We are under direct assault by the Democrat Party USA as witnessed by the recent Missouri Trooper fiasco.
No time to play Mr. Nicey-nice – “oh golly gee, Republicans are just as bad as Democrats” – any more. It’s time to viciously bash the Democrat Party and Obama in all press releases and on all libertarian websites.
Since when are Libertarians supposed to be wimps?
michael, i dunno, it already says this:
“No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce …”
And THAT didn’t seem to work. Who can say with a straight face that some regulations don’t give preferences?
We need to amend the constitution thus we get
“The government shall make no law abriding the commerce of the people”.
It seems the auto makers are having trouble at the moment because the financial sector is having trouble. At the root of it all is the need to address fractional reserve banking systems and the nature of money. Adjusting auto industry regulations is no different than rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
The fact of the matter is that hybrid cars may be sold as a viable option – but the middle class American effected by the economy can’t afford to finance such a car!
I agree, so long as people are not dueling in the streets. Lol.
Real solutions to the automakers’ worries:
1. Eliminate the “artificial person” model of corporate law, and thereby make company employees fully responsibel for their actions.
2. Eliminate the EPA and allow individuals to sue manufacturers, owners, and users of polluting machinery.
3. Eliminate most civil courts and allow individuals to bring their issues to private courts, arbitrators, and mediation services. Retain only enough civil courts to enforce agreements in said private courts.
4. Eliminate corporate income taxes.
5. Eliminate individual income taxes.
6. Eliminate all government agencies that tell automakers how to build cars, including NHTSA and others.
7. Eliminate all laws that force companies to deal with unions.
8. Eliminate all laws that forced any provisions to be included in labor contracts regarding wages, working conditions, benefits, health care, etc.; and declare all such provisions in current contract to be null and void as of the effective date of elimination unless new contracts are signed.
9. Allow companies to fire workers for any cause specified in their contract.
10. Eliminate all corporate subsidies.
11. Eliminate all regulation of property that prevents or hinders the construction of any factories or other buildings the company wishes to build, such as zoning laws.
12. Eliminate business license taxes.
13. Eliminate taxes on tools and machinery.
… This is fun. I could go on all night.