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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 937058" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>This may terrify you, but you are exactly right. There can be no "free market" given current circumstances. Most companies would love to see the EPA eliminated, for example, and for all the wrong reasons. Let's say President Paul (lol) killed-off the Department of Education once he attained office. Who would benefit? Private industry. Libertarians advocate for the privatization of almost everything, including schools and prisons because there is a profit motive. Charter schools would create a whole new education industry (for profit), and there would be an incentive to fill privatized prisons in order to maximize profits. The moral and ethical considerations here are mind-boggling. There have already been cases of judges taking payoffs from privatized prison owners to send minor offenders into said profit-minded prisons. </p><p></p><p>In the idealized world that Libertarians inhabit, the free market will create "perfect" order, because anything that isn't profitable must be eliminated. There are a lot of public services that will never be profitable, and a lot of private services that are very profitable, but illegal or unethical. This would create a climate that was ultra-favorable to business and ignore public interest.</p><p></p><p>"Merit Pay" for teachers is another scheme designed to help break teacher unions and further the cause of charter schools. Saying that Libertarians aren't anti-union is disingenuous, as every prominent Libertarian I have ever heard is fervently anti-union, especially when it comes to public sector employees.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps Libertarianism is meaningful in that it encourages discussion about how our dysfuntional political process can be improved. Getting rid of all of the special deals and favors would be a great first step toward a market mechanism that works better than what we have now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 937058, member: 12508"] This may terrify you, but you are exactly right. There can be no "free market" given current circumstances. Most companies would love to see the EPA eliminated, for example, and for all the wrong reasons. Let's say President Paul (lol) killed-off the Department of Education once he attained office. Who would benefit? Private industry. Libertarians advocate for the privatization of almost everything, including schools and prisons because there is a profit motive. Charter schools would create a whole new education industry (for profit), and there would be an incentive to fill privatized prisons in order to maximize profits. The moral and ethical considerations here are mind-boggling. There have already been cases of judges taking payoffs from privatized prison owners to send minor offenders into said profit-minded prisons. In the idealized world that Libertarians inhabit, the free market will create "perfect" order, because anything that isn't profitable must be eliminated. There are a lot of public services that will never be profitable, and a lot of private services that are very profitable, but illegal or unethical. This would create a climate that was ultra-favorable to business and ignore public interest. "Merit Pay" for teachers is another scheme designed to help break teacher unions and further the cause of charter schools. Saying that Libertarians aren't anti-union is disingenuous, as every prominent Libertarian I have ever heard is fervently anti-union, especially when it comes to public sector employees. Perhaps Libertarianism is meaningful in that it encourages discussion about how our dysfuntional political process can be improved. Getting rid of all of the special deals and favors would be a great first step toward a market mechanism that works better than what we have now. [/QUOTE]
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