Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: What is "capitalism"? (Explorations of "self-interest") Message-ID: <2380052@acf4.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 21:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.2380052 Posted: Thu Jun 27 21:14:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:24:56 EDT References: <298@spar.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 14 >/* mike@peregrine.UUCP (Mike Wexler) / 6:37 pm Jun 24, 1985 */ >Any Libertarian who would run for public office is not a Libertarian, but >a hippocrite. The mere fact that his/her salary is paid by non-voluntary >taxes would be such a sell-out that he might as well not even bother >calling him/herself a Libertarian. Given that a Libertarian has a chance of winning office over a non-Liertarian, the salary amounts to an inconsequential amount compared to the amount of money the taxpayers might save if the Liertarian is elected. Besides, the Libertarian could do the job for free and subsist thru contributions. Mike Sykora