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Originally Posted by i.beletesri
We agree on most of that as well. Including Foreign Policy.
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Save I am an Green Republican, realizing that left to their/it's own devices, the world can indeed destroy itself through just regular activity of enough people.
If half the planet used as much of the world's resources and emitted as much... the environment will suffer and eventually collapse. And this Alas coming to pass as the world Catches up.
Oceans CAN be Overfished and Overpolluted (many 'lakes are already 'dead'). Most fisheries are now regulated.
We can't have Libertarians making/letting the planet become smokey 1940 Pittsburgh, Or 2008 Beijing for that matter. (25% and growing of LA's Air pollution is now from China).
Or.... letting a New Drug company sell some/any formulation.
There does need to be Federal and even Intl regulations of many things. |
Libertarians know about market failure. The federal government can step in when it occurs. Preventing the overuse of natural resources is one thing that the government can do when market failure occurs. It is to the best interest of society to ensure that the oceans are not over-fished or over polluted, so the government can come in and put restrictions on those activities.
Of course, there are always some crazy libertarians who don't believe in market failure. But they're the crazy ones.