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From: "Brad DeLong" <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
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> >(6) Collect taxes and draw up reasonable budgets consistent with
> >democratic norms.
>
> I *said* "the 'minimal' 'night watchman' state"; not "the good
state"...
>
> :-)
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How's the minimal night watchman state gonna protect property without paying cops, judges etc. salaries? Isn't externalizing the costs of protecting property rights a form of socialism? :-)
> >> These are very hard tasks to accomplish...
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> >Understatement of the decade so far...........
> >
> >Ian
>
> Which is why I am losing tolerance for libertarians--those who think
> that their life in the "state of nature" would be pleasant,
> civilized, and long...
>
>
> Brad DeLong
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When we have quantum teleportation we can transport them to Europa.....:-)
Ian