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Gustaf
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« on: February 10, 2004, 12:28:58 PM »

Opebo, you and I agree!

This must be a sign of the apocalypse. Smiley

Then maybe you can tell me how Pat is nutty.

Ok, I really should apologize for that one - he's nowhere near as bad as Perot.  He's a pretty consistent, intelligent guy.  THough I still think his ideas would make him a terrible president.  I think you and I are very different Republicans NHPolitico.  I think of the soul of the Republican party as being "classical Liberalism'' which of course has nothing to do with American liberalism.  For me free trade, free markets, and capitalism are what makes the US so great.

You're a classic liberal? That is actually a bit of a surprise.
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Gustaf
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2004, 01:43:54 PM »

But economic freedom for the wealthy results in less equality of income, which results in less freedom for the lower classes. In a capitalist society, money=freedom to a certain extent, and so more equality can produce more freedom for many people, not less. The freedom to spend your money however you see fit doesn't do you much good if you don't have much to spend.

My point is that there are different ways of looking at the old "equality vs. freedom" debate on economic issues.

Freedom means freedom to make priorities, not necessarily freedom to do whatever you want. In fact, pretty much never freedom to do what you want.
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