Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 935578" data-attributes="member: 8259">I don&#039;t think you answered my question but we can put that aside for now. Maybe you can possibly answer this(I doubt it). Where did I say that we don&#039;t need government? You ask what happens when you have a free market. I would be happy to address that question but then you try to attack a free market by saying we have no free market I have a little difficulty following your logic or lack of logic. I&#039;m also thinking your use of a straw man argument(libertarian USA) is very weak and needs a little work. Unlike you, I understand that government could have a legitimate function in society. That function could be to provide for the common defense of the states and protect certain individual freedoms somewhat like a Constitutional government that would allow citizens to govern themselves. I can see no possible way to have a free society where a large central government provides goods and services to it&#039;s citizens or requires private companies to play that role.&nbsp; If government is rigging markets for large companies, as you say, and Paul wants to eliminate government, as you said, how the heck could a government, that didn&#039;t exist, rig a market for a company,that couldn&#039;t exist, because you claim that everything exists because of government?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 935578, member: 8259"] I don't think you answered my question but we can put that aside for now. Maybe you can possibly answer this(I doubt it). Where did I say that we don't need government? You ask what happens when you have a free market. I would be happy to address that question but then you try to attack a free market by saying we have no free market I have a little difficulty following your logic or lack of logic. I'm also thinking your use of a straw man argument(libertarian USA) is very weak and needs a little work. Unlike you, I understand that government could have a legitimate function in society. That function could be to provide for the common defense of the states and protect certain individual freedoms somewhat like a Constitutional government that would allow citizens to govern themselves. I can see no possible way to have a free society where a large central government provides goods and services to it's citizens or requires private companies to play that role. If government is rigging markets for large companies, as you say, and Paul wants to eliminate government, as you said, how the heck could a government, that didn't exist, rig a market for a company,that couldn't exist, because you claim that everything exists because of government? [/QUOTE]

Verification