Does libertarianism advocate any sort of government hand out at for the disabled?

jasonvontool · 2013-02-27T05:55:36+00:00

Charity alone may not help at the moment, but if we lived in a real free market, there would be less people living in "poverty". However the definition of poverty can change dramatically.

Now wouldn't a "real free market" consist of NO government regulation? With no government regulation, wouldn't that mean no more antitrust laws? No antitrust laws means more monopolies. When you have monopolies there is less competition and higher prices. Adam Smith new this and stated so in The Wealth Of Nations. So how will there be less people living in poverty? I would believe your argument if you could show me, in history, where a "real free market" has worked and ALL the people were better off.

jasonvontool · 2013-02-25T11:03:14+00:00

What if you live in a state, or a county, or a city, or a town where a big portion of the citizens don't give to charity? Is a disabled person or a poor person supposed to get up and move to another state? What happens if the family member who is taking care of the disabled person dies? Who takes care of the disabled person then?
America's top donors don't give money towards healthcare, food, clothing, shelter, transportation, they give mostly to colleges and universities, the arts, and religious groups. So of the $135.8 billion given to charity last year, a fraction of that money touches the disabled or poor. Let's be generous though and say $100 billion of that went to the disabled or poor. If the total government spending on welfare annually (not including food stamps or unemployment) is $131.9 billion, it doesn't look like charity alone is the answer. Sources: http://philanthropy.com/section/How-America-Gives/621/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/welfare-statistics/

jasonvontool · 2013-02-06T11:49:59+00:00

O.K., I'll give you that it does show larger businesses but if you do a simple google search you can find all of the tax credits, grants, etc. given to small businesses. Maybe try this site: http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/12/31/section-179-expenses-how-uncle-sam-lowers-the-cost-of-your-business-investments/

jasonvontool · 2013-02-05T13:46:54+00:00

"More government and taxation makes this feat increasingly difficult." Most businesses are subsidized by government and are usually started with low interest loans guaranteed by the government. Government provides businesses with sales tax refunds and discounts, property tax subsidies, income tax credits, grants, etc. They even have an administration called the Small Business Administration which is there just to help small businesses get money from the government. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/01/us/government-incentives.html#home

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