2007-07-29 04:35:59 · 6 answers · asked by csn0331 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Hey, these choices are brought to you by the demagogues in your beltway parties, go ahead and reject the premise go ahead and shoot the messenger.
With the current structure of the "low unemployment with price stability" beltway parties, these are the only choices you have!
2007-07-29 05:06:58 · update #1
All of the above.
2007-07-29 04:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by Brian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
liberty inherently includes both civil and economic liberty. you are either free to behave in any way that does not injure others or you are not.
Workers, for example, have a fundamental ownership right in their pay packet. They get it by renting their limited resources -- time, effort, and brainwork -- to someone else. Since they clearly own their own time, effort, and brains, they have a similarly clear ownership right in the pay packet they've transformed their limited resources into.
Without this economic liberty, there is no civil liberty -- if the state has the right to direct what work you will do and on what terms, you do not have the right to complain about your work.
And without civil liberty [including the right to vote for the goverment of your choice], there is no economic liberty.
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Since all of humanity exists within Universe and Universe is in unending ferment and change, there is no such thing as "national security". All nations are subject to the forces of Universe and may be either uplifted or destroyed by those forces.
Consequently, I conclude that your question is ill-phrased.
What did you really want to ask?
2007-07-29 11:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question presumes that one can have economic liberty without civil liberty, or vice versa.
I reject the premise.
2007-07-29 11:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with your choices. Those are not mutually exclusive options.
But, to answer your hypothetical question, I prefer civil liberty over all other options. Economic liberty, economic security and national security all follow civil liberty.
2007-07-29 11:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by R_Crumb_Rocks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In today's turbulent world, I'll take " A" in a heartbeat. It's way past time anyway to do away with the damn ACLU...ugh!
2007-07-29 11:43:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically, you're asking: Are you a Republican or a Democrat? I am a Democrat.
2007-07-29 11:46:16 · answer #6 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋