[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Fri May 20 16:51:14 UTC 2011


On 5/20/2011 8:29 AM, Natasha Vita-More wrote:

> A man just won the lottery, but still is on food stamps because it is part
> of his cultural upbringing - an upbringing that feeds people with a sense of
> entitlement:
> <http://www.freep.com/article/20110517/NEWS06/110517023/Michigan-man-still-food-stamps-despite-winning-2M>

An interesting situation for some here, because his retort is:

<Fick told the TV station that his use of food stamps was justified 
because the government took more than half of his winnings in taxes.>

If it was evil of the government to steal his winnings, hasn't he got a 
moral right to claw as much of it back as he can (as anyone might who 
uses a smart tax lawyer, say)?

Damien Broderick



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