If the overall risk isn't less than other areas they shouldn't be in need of any special aid. They can save money like the rest of us or buy insurance.

I dont deny that there are some libertarians here on PaRD who go too far with their arguments, but what thor is presenting here are not true libertarians arguments, they are a malicious caricature of libertarian thinking.

Nah, just the logical consequence they're unwilling to acknowledge

Do you need a special decoder ring to tell these two things apart? You realize Thor isn't trying to mock all libertarian arguments, he's mocking these specific people.

This post was edited by Magicman657 on Sep 7 2017 07:54am

i've been to r lib, it represents that demographic quite well
to their credit they haven't banned me yet despite my statist leanings

This post was edited by duffman316 on Sep 7 2017 08:17am

There DO exist some number of reasonable libertarians. Sometimes they have legitimate points, even if I don't 100% agree with them. Based on the ones I've met thus far, I'd say they aren't the majority, but they do exist and are often more reasonable than the more authoritarian people. The posters from the thread this one is mocking are not among those, however. Not even close.

they aren't a united lot, there is a lot of disagreement amongst them over what constitutes real libertarianism

it was somewhat refreshing to find out not everyone in there is as blindly devoted to the free market as cam is

Charity is part of the free market In the absence of welfare and all sorts of government programs, individuals acting in their own self interest will provide goods and services to help their fellow man.

Also, many of the social programs and expenses caused by illegal immigrants have actually soaked up a lot of the funds needed to invest in appropriate infrastructure in Houston to accommodate the sprawl. We really need to shake these do-gooder politicians making unrealistic, or short sighted promises because there is only so much funding to go around, and infrastructure should always take precedent over the worst of our society.

Remember those airplane safety booklets? You put the oxygen mask on yourself first BEFORE you put the mask on your child.



If someone did not pay for flood insurance and their house was destroyed they aren't getting a new one Thor...

This post was edited by tric-isHUGE on Sep 8 2017 08:39am

It's funny how people like Ted Cruz are willing to ration / deny funds to hurricane victims when it's other states affected by them because funding is tight, but when it's his own state, guess who's all about getting those federal dollars?