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Hi, my name is Paul I am a Liberal, and I believe in

Hi, my name is Paul I am a Liberal, and I believe in. in the classical sense. FUN and “ Wimsy ”. So much so that I will use Comic Sans to say so. Be Liberal in what you do; be Libertarian in what you expect from others:.

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Hi, my name is Paul I am a Liberal, and I believe in

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  1. Hi, my name is Paul I am a Liberal, and I believe in in the classical sense FUN and “Wimsy” So much so that I will use Comic Sans to say so

  2. Be Liberal in what you do; be Libertarian in what you expect from others: Has the "Liberal Agenda" produced a bad and unsustainable South African constitution or is Rand Paul simply wrong?

  3. Contents Do the welfare provisions of the South African Constitution undermine freedom or the economy? A Taxonomy of freedom: The various isms, individual sovereignty and the Liberal Ideal Taming the Beast The Levying of Serfdom The Free Rider Problem: An Ethics for Privilege and understanding of poverty Lunch is as free as everything else in the universe

  4. For her second wedding anniversary AynMalema was given a farm in Limpopo Form Mental Picture Here The happy couple, two years on

  5. PART 1 A Taxonomy of freedom: The various isms, individual sovereignty and the Liberal Ideal

  6. A Taxonomy of freedom By liberalism I don’t mean the creed of any party or any century. I mean a generosity of spirit, a tolerance of others, an attempt to comprehend otherness, a commitment to the rule of law, a high ideal of the worth and dignity of man, a repugnance for authoritarianism and a love for freedom – Alan Paton The Liberal Ideal Is Libertarianism on the right side of the Liberal Ideal?

  7. A Taxonomy of freedom Utilitarianism The road to Keynes

  8. A Taxonomy of freedom Early Socialism Who doesn’t love Bernard Shaw

  9. A Taxonomy of freedom Never forget that Roosevelt was a Republican Just not the Roosevelt you are thinking about People all around the world are trapped in circumstances, not of their own making, suffering under the heavy burden of history, but seeking a way out of their particular trap so as to restore their own human dignity and find security in their homes for their families and for the well being, development, and education of their children. They wish for peace. We all wish for peace, a sustainable peace in which justice triumphs and the dignity of humanity is restored, protected and elevated. South Africa has undertaken that journey – Kader Asmal Progressivism The great cop out

  10. A Taxonomy of freedom The main lesson which the true liberal must learn from the success of the socialists is that it was their courage to be Utopian which gained them the support of the intellectuals and therefore an influence on public opinion which is daily making possible what only recently seemed utterly remote - Hayek The Liberal Agenda The flipside of “Military Intelligence”

  11. A Taxonomy of freedom Classical Liberalism No sovereign individuals who are not constrained by the great judge called history

  12. A Taxonomy of freedom Neo-FASCISM The motley crew

  13. A Taxonomy of freedom Throwing the Tea Party Overboard Getting the “revolution” back onboard

  14. A Taxonomy of freedom A good outcome does not justify a violation of the person

  15. PART 2 Taming the Beast And I am not talking about my hair

  16. Taming the Beast Why is it that “tightening the belt” doesn’t produce sustained tax cuts Reganomics and Bush Snr

  17. Taming the Beast “Unfunded mandates” – Regularize them US healthcare situation and South African post-apartheid paternalism

  18. Taming the Beast Great union myth An education, good health and food are better protection than an LRA

  19. Taming the Beast Dissolution of the Monasteries Building English National Welfare

  20. Taming the Beast Taming the beast inside Why we are alturistic

  21. PART 3 The Levying of Serfdom

  22. The Levying of Serfdom A definition of poverty Economic agency

  23. The Levying of Serfdom If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires. Obama said what? And more importantly why is he right, and why is he wrong?

  24. The Levying of Serfdom US Bankruptcy – the linchpin of entrepreneurship Market interference of an extreme nature

  25. The Levying of Serfdom Did blacks pay tax in apartheid The Corvee problem

  26. Government stupidity taxes the poor Opportunity costs

  27. The Levying of Serfdom Inconsistency as the great destroyer of freedom

  28. PART 4 The Free Rider Problem: An Ethics for Privilege and understanding of poverty

  29. The Free Rider Problem Rent Seeking Thrives in inconsistency

  30. CONCLUSION Lunch is as free as everything else in the universe

  31. Lunch is as free as everything else in the universe FREEDOM is the ability to choose to give your neighbour a lunch at no cost other than enduring your company and for your neighbour to choose whether to enter into this transaction. In a civilized society people are free, and encouraged, to be socially minded; but more importantly they are free from government controlling how they contribute towards improving lives. FREE LUNCH You are welcome to give lunch away for free. And that is not a hint

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