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Question one was about paying workers as little as possible. Debt bondage is very much relevent to the discussion when we are talking about people being paid less than a living wage (the REAL minimum wage.) And it is very much an issue when discussing the advancement of Right-Libertarian policies. |
A "living wage" is the responsibility of the employee. Your employer dosen't owe you anything past what he freely agrees to. If someone will do it for cheaper then you, you will be out of a job. Take responsibility for your own "living" - don't depend on someone to garentee it for you.
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Two, Insurance companies are not required to give anyone a policy,
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Thank heavens. You don't deserve insurance either if you can't get it.
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and are very good at worming out of paying claims.
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if they are breaching thier contranct, then it is a whole different issue. You can't group libertarian politics with chriminal actions.
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Okay, how about: You are not owed protection for your private property.
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Wrong. Your two rights are that your life an property won't be taken from you.
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You are not owed the infrastructure required to do business in modern society.
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Agreed. No libertarian here implied otherwise.
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Medical Service, like infrastructure and protection, is not owed to ME, it is owed to US for the betterment of our society. Healthy people are more productive members of society. Prevention is better and cheaper than treatment.
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Well if you're a sociolist, then we just have to agree to disagree.
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Institutional research is better than private research.
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Bullshit. Most of the lifesaving drugs we have were developed by big pharma.
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Three. Yes, a time in societies developement when government had far less power and the "Free Market" was controlled by capitalist barons who exploited their workers. And it wasn't just the 1800's, it continued to a great extent right up until Roosevelt came to power and even for years afterward. In many ways we are still fighting the same battles today--one of the central issues of the Labor Movement the last two centuries was the MINIMUM WAGE. Again, very much relevent.
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Never said it wasn't relevant. You just have causality messed up. Yet again, you confuse chriminal acts with politics. Stealing and beating people up are not libertarian politics. If someone breaks a law, then punish them, but don't confude it with capitalism.