Is it just me or is distaste for Libertarianism contradictory to discordianism?

[LMNO]

So the state should deny a starving man his civil rights.

[AFK]

Hard work and basic abilities mean jack shit when there are no jobs to be had.  

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's not really good for anyone to have kids starving to death during a recession.

[Cain]

Hard work and basic abilities mean jack shit when there are no jobs to be had.  

I'm used to hard work and have well above basic abilities and I spend 10 hours a week doing research I could probably program my computer to do for me.

And that's the best job I've had since 2007 (note: for the purposes of discussion, poker, blackjack and various magic tricks and clever games performed in bars to win money off punters does not constitute "employment").

[navkat]

Yes: people need assistance.
Yes: we have a responsibility to the disadvantaged.
However: I'm more about education/rehabilitation than out-and-out handouts with no backup plan.

[Cain]

Only way I'm getting more educated is with a PhD.  Education does not matter when there are few jobs going, and even fewer employers who want to take you on.

[LMNO]

Yes: people need assistance.
Yes: we have a responsibility to the disadvantaged.
However: I'm more about education/rehabilitation than out-and-out handouts with no backup plan.

People with college educations are dying from lack of food and shelter in the US right now.  What the fuck are you going to teach them?

[Bruno]

So, should the State provide food to starving citizens?

Sure, not steak and wine though.

More like enriched protein wafers and all the water they can drink.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yes: people need assistance.
Yes: we have a responsibility to the disadvantaged.
However: I'm more about education/rehabilitation than out-and-out handouts with no backup plan.

Sometimes people just need food in order to survive through a recession.

How would it benefit society as a whole if, during a recession, the jobless and their children simply starved to death?

How do you think it would affect the economy?

What do you think would happen to the crime rate?

Would the nation and its surviving citizens end up more prosperous, vs. giving people social support in the form of free food or other public assistance?

[LMNO]

So, should the State provide food to starving citizens?

Sure, not steak and wine though.

More like enriched protein wafers and all the water they can drink.

[AFK]

Yes: people need assistance.
Yes: we have a responsibility to the disadvantaged.
However: I'm more about education/rehabilitation than out-and-out handouts with no backup plan.

You do realize that what you are talking about would cost money, right?  Where is that money going to come from?  

[LMNO]

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TAX PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT!

[Bruno]

So, should the State provide food to starving citizens?

Sure, not steak and wine though.

More like enriched protein wafers and all the water they can drink.

eh?

[fomenter]

So, should the State provide food to starving citizens?

Sure, not steak and wine though.

More like enriched protein wafers and all the water they can drink.

soylent green is people

[Bruno]

So, should the State provide food to starving citizens?

Sure, not steak and wine though.

More like enriched protein wafers and all the water they can drink.

soylent green is people

LIES!!!!!
Soylent Green is soybeans, lentils and aglae!!!!!!