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9 sats \ 9 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 10 Dec \ parent \ on: Minimum Wage Laws Can't Repeal the Laws of Economics econ
An exceptional idea would be to have an amendment that is for “separation of economy and state”. That would include things like subsidies, minimum wages, price controls, government investments in industry (just look at the mess the “Green New Deal” has caused) and perhaps even social spending. These things all used to be handled efficiently at a local level on a voluntary basis.
I think a lot could be accomplished by clarifying through legislation that Freedom of Association includes economic associations.
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I think that would work, too, however, with legislation they can always get a friendly court to rule against the law. Whereas an amendment would be unassailable. The problem with an amendment is getting it through the process, which is hard to foresee.
Freedom of association is one of the fundamental human rights that is a natural human right, like property rights. Theoretically, we don’t need a law to have that right, but the state being the state, they limit every right they can.
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The problem is that libertarians are the only people who value freedom of association.
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I guess that that is correct. The freedom of association has been ruled out of the American zeitgeist since 1964 and the Civil Rights Act.
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The amendment we really need would be something like "Voluntary acts between consenting adults shall not be infringed."
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Yes, that would cover all the bases, but could you see any of these statists passing this one? I love it, but I am just a loony crank at a keyboard, with little to no clout. I think a lot of people would love it too, but even though they may not be loony cranks at keyboards, they still have no clout. It is a sorry situation!
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What's nice about that phrasing is that normal people would view it favorably.
Many of our ideas scare people, but not the basic principles.
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Yes, but we cannot do these things without the normies helping out. I, for one, would not like to impose anything on anybody, just as I don’t like being imposed upon. They will, sooner-or-later come around to it, after they have been mugged by the statist, collectivist mob. But that might be too late.
If I may interject in this merry miserly Libertarian circle jerk-
Minimum wage laws recognise the asymmetric power imbalance that often exists between workers and employers.
In addition to minimum wages do you also oppose unions and organised labour?
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