Libertarian Party of Wisconsin chair Jim Maas: ’separation of charity and state’

[Galileo]

Libertarian Party of Wisconsin chair Jim Maas: ’separation of charity and state’

December 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Quoted in The Wausau Daily Herald. Thanks to Rolf Lindgren, via [email protected] for the link:

“Altruism is an illusion when it comes to the government,” said Jim Maas of Rothschild, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin. “Americans are a generous people who donate to many worthy causes. … When misfortune or disaster strikes, Americans help out.

“Government is based on force, and force is difficult to reconcile with any meaningful concept of charity. When a government bureaucrat sends money to someone in need, it doesn’t make taxpayers compassionate and caring persons. It also doesn’t mean that the bureaucrat is a good and caring person, because he is doling out the money that the government has forcibly exacted from American taxpayers, not his own. To be meaningful, we must be free to give to those causes which appeal to us. There should be separation of charity and state.”

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[boutons_]

"Government is based on force"

Starting from a false premise. In history, govt by force, yes.

But modern democratic govts are supposed follow the will of the citizens. Sham elections keep the fat, dumb robbed citizens fooled, but the ruling elites are more sophisticated now, and don't need to maintain their power and wealth by force. The elites are currently robbing the US Treasury vaults in broad daylight, without a shot being fired (all civil disobediance, to be put down by authoratarian, militarized goons, including the US Army, was a violent threat used to justify the bailout)

[Galileo]

"Government is based on force"

Starting from a false premise. In history, govt by force, yes.

But modern democratic govts are supposed follow the will of the citizens. Sham elections keep the fat, dumb robbed citizens fooled, but the ruling elites are more sophisticated now, and don't need to maintain their power and wealth by force. The elites are currently robbing the US Treasury vaults in broad daylight, without a shot being fired (all civil disobediance, to be put down by authoratarian, militarized goons, including the US Army, was a violent threat used to justify the bailout)

Democracy = Gang theft by vote.

[The Reckoning]

government = mutual protection

[Galileo]

Democracy = Three wolves and a sheep, voting on what's for dinner!

[RandomGuy]

Democracy = Three wolves and a sheep, voting on what's for dinner!

9-11 conspiracy theorists = Three people with down syndrome and one with fetal alchohol syndrome voting on who is more re ed.

[Rohirrim]

What can you do.

[DarkReign]

What can you do.

Not much, save revolution.