Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!ihldt!stewart From: stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: re: "Free" education Message-ID: <2635@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 14:15:21 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2635 Posted: Wed Dec 5 14:15:21 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 05:20:59 EST References: <1170@drusd.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 29 > You incurred the obligation the moment some doctor who probably began > his or her education in a public school slapped you on the butt and > introduced you to a civilized society. Stating that I have an obligation does not make it so. I repeat my question: If I cannot afford to have children of my own, what right do other people have to bear children and make me pay for them? Please support your response. > I've read most of the libertarian argument on the net. Some of it is > good theory presented badly. Some is bad theory presented well. But > all the time I seem to hear Melanie Safka singing in the background: > > "They're only puttin in a nickle > and they want a dollar song." This doesn't apply. I just don't want to have to pay a dollar for a song I didn't want to hear in the first place! If you don't like the way libertarian theories are presented on the net, let me recommend an excellent, very readable primer on these ideas and how they work in reality: "Restoring the American Dream", by Robert Ringer Available from any book store. Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart