tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post8632122225427831786..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Political argumentsLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-88846857912423595692012-11-10T17:25:13.876-07:002012-11-10T17:25:13.876-07:00The Libertarian attempts at the utilitarian argume...The Libertarian attempts at the utilitarian argument seem so half-assed that I fear being accused of demolishing a straw man if I tried to reproduce them, even bending over backwards to be charitable.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-69546870374729976872012-11-10T15:18:27.284-07:002012-11-10T15:18:27.284-07:00Okay, so I ended up skipping over all this in my e...Okay, so I ended up skipping over all this in my efforts to keep up with you guys (I'm slow, what can I say). I'm generally pretty agreeable with everything you've stated here, but I'm curios, you covered the moral argument Libertarians make about taxes (which again I agree is bullshit), but what about the utilitarian argument? Or do you generally find that by and large Libertarians are making the moral argument?Andrew Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204999524677028033noreply@blogger.com