05-24-2016, 12:58 PM
(05-24-2016, 11:18 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I wouldn't be caught dead reading Mises. I've seen enough of his quotes and enough discussion of him to know better.
You wouldn't be caught dead reading anything useful. Unless you have read any of his works you are unqualified to have an opinion about him or his work. My investments decisions have been much better since I encountered Mises and Rothbard which tells me that they knew what they were talking about.
(05-24-2016, 11:18 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Ah, just select the libertarians you want and avoid the fact that Koch and Cato are libertarians.
They call themselves libertarian but if you actually knew anything you would realize that everyone else calls them [URL="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beltarian"]beltarians[/URL]. (Just follow the link for the definition.) The Republicans often use libertarian rhetoric but have no actual intention of following through. This is one of the reason for the success of Trump.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises