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Originally Posted by AceArcher
I believe i am a true Libertarian...
Are we once again degraded to your viewpoint that potheads are incapable of contributing to society in any meaningful way whatsoever?
Do i agree 100% with every single point listed in the Libertarian Platform.... no.... but by and far they represent a very large percentage of what changes could occur that would quickly bring this country back to it's rightful position as leader of the free world.
For example... i will even give you a freebee.... i'm sure you will happily use it to call me a commie socialist or something.
The libertarian policy in regards to Healthcare is that the insurance industry market should be stripped of government and protectionism. Selling over state lines should be allowed as should collective bargaining agreements with groups of like minded consumer... ie. switch to a true free market system with a Laissez faire mindset toward the economic's portion of it.
I do believe that would work to some extent.... and it would certainly be a HUGE improvement over the joke that is our current healthcare system.
However... My personal belief's differ from the LP on this subject, I believe that we should in fact switch to a 100% socialized health care system. With appropriate governmental regulation. Set up in similar fashion to successful socialized health care plans currently in place in many of this worlds countries.
I believe this because personally i believe basic solid healthcare (no boobjobs or such allowed) is a human right. I also believe it because these countries have shown that they can provide more doctors and more hospital beds and better service accross the board resulting in longer healthier lives for their countries citizens.
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Drug legalization would be much easier for many people to accept if society insisted that the individual users themselves assumed all the attendant risks of drug use/misuse/abuse. This would be a true libertarian view.
Sure drug users can contribute to society. I am not saying they can't. However, I think recreational drug use/misuse/abuse tends to reduce the potential for individuals to contribute and tends to increase the risk of them becoming a burden to society through greater accident risk, unwanted pregnancy risk, disease risk, and reduced work productivity.
Your view is not just for drug users to be free to use drugs as long as they assume all the risk. Until and unless the welfare state (safety net) is dismantled (including health care), your position is that society as a whole should share the risks of increased medical costs, increased pregnancy risks, increased accident risks, increased disease risks, and reduced work productivity of unrestricted drug use/misuse/abuse.
There are many fields where drug use/abuse does not seem to significantly reduce the value of employees work production. There are other fields where the risks are obviously unacceptable. My point is that it is not the government's job to decide which are which. The owners and management of each individual business should be free to decide, except in cases where there are obvious public safety risks that require government oversight (airplane pilots, for example). The consequences for an employer deciding wrongly (foolish employment policy regarding drug use) should be left up to the free market. If an employer's policy is too restrictive, the business will be at a competitive disadvantage because he is failing to hire some great employees simply because they use drugs.
Employers and insurers should have complete freedom with regard to their drug testing policies.