From: advo@best.com (Advocates for Self-Government)
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Subject: Liberator OnLine, Vol. 4, No. 23
Date: Tue, 30 Nov
THE LIBERATOR ONLINE
November 30, 1999
Vol. 4, No. 23
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CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
* IRS Under Investigation
* Gun Violence Down Sharply In U.S.
* "Voluntary" Online Tax Proposed
ON THE WEB
* Editor's Choice: PoliticalInformation.com
ASK DR. RUWART
* Private Roads and Sidewalks
* When Can You Coerce Cooperation?
* Government Regulation and Herbal Remedies
PERSUASION POWER POINT
* So Much More Is Possible
by Michael Cloud
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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Dear friends,
Thanks to Frank Keller for passing on the following to me, which is
not only funny but all too sadly true. Like so many other such gems,
the author is unknown. Enjoy!
* * *
Beating A Dead Horse
Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
However, government bureaucracies often try other strategies with dead
horses, including the following:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Saying things like "This is the way we always have ridden this
horse."
4. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
5. Increasing the standards to ride dead horses.
6. Appointing a committee to study the dead horse.
7. Waiting for the horse's condition to improve from this temporary
downturn.
8. Providing additional training to increase riding ability.
9. Passing legislation declaring "This horse is not dead."
10. Blaming the horse's parents.
11. Acquiring additional dead horses for increased speed.
12. Declaring that "No horse is too dead to beat."
13. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
14. Commissioning a study to see if private contractors can ride it
cheaper.
15. Removing all obstacles in the dead horse's path.
16. Taking bids for a state-of-the art dead horse.
17. Declaring the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
18. Revising the performance requirements for horses.
19. Saying the horse was procured with cost as an independent
variable.
20. Raising taxes (any excuse will do).
And if all else fails:
21. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position
Enjoy this issue of the Liberator Online.
Sharon Harris, President
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WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
* "Shocked" Columnist Takes Quiz: Corey Farley, a columnist for the
Reno Gazette-Journal (Nevada), considered himself a liberal. So after
he took the World's Smallest Political Quiz online, he was, he said,
"shocked" to discover he scored moderate. What bothered him even more,
he said, was that "it seems to be accurate." (He took some solace in
the fact that he scored on the left edge of the moderate section.) The
controversial Farley, who is described by Liberator Online reader Bob
Maples as "one of those writers who always wins both the Favorite and
Least Favorite columnist awards every year," wrote about his "shocking
experience" in the November 14th issue. His column, entitled "That's
Mr. Moderate Scum to you," went on to describe the Quiz and to discuss
libertarian ideas. Thanks to Bob Maples for letting us know about
this. (By the way, we strongly suggest telling local columnists and
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GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
by James W. Harris
IRS Under Investigation
The number of IRS inspectors under investigation will soon nearly
equal the number of Americans suspected of tax crimes, according to
the New York Times. The Treasury Department's new inspector general
for tax affairs, David Williams, plans to investigate 4,000 workers
for the 2000 fiscal year, which began in October.
That number means that almost one out of every 28 IRS employees will
be probed in the next fiscal year for suspected misconduct. Among
front-line workers -- such as auditors and collectors -- 1 in 9 will
be investigated. This unprecedented number of investigations is one
reason for IRS plans to reduce audit rates by one-third next year.
Charges being investigated range from harassing taxpayers to theft.
By comparison, notes the Times, fewer than 1 in 2,000 workers at the
Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services will be
investigated in fiscal year 2000.
(Source: New York Times, 11/18/99)
Gun Violence Down Sharply In U.S.
Despite public perception, gun violence and injuries in the United
States have dropped dramatically.
According to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, gun deaths in the United States dropped 21 percent between
1993 and 1997 to the lowest level in more than 30 years. The number of
fatalities dropped from 39,595 (15.4 gun deaths per 100,000 people) in
1993, to 32,436 (12.1 per 100,000) in 1997. The figures include not
only homicides (two-thirds of which are committed by guns, and which
are at their lowest level since the 1960s) but also suicides and
accidental deaths.
Furthermore, firearm-related injuries fell 41 percent. Nonfatal
shootings fell from 104,390 to 64,207 in the same period, or from 40.5
per 100,000 to 24.0.
(Source: Associated Press, 11/19/99)
"Voluntary" Online Tax Proposed
Some powerful groups want you to pay a lot more sales taxes on your
Internet purchases.
The National Governors Association, the US Conference of Mayors, and
four other groups are backing a plan by Utah Governor Mike Leavitt
(R-Utah) which is designed to get online companies to charge sales
taxes on an allegedly "voluntary" basis.
According to an article in Wired News (the online edition of Wired
Magazine), Americans buying products from mail order businesses in
other states are technically required to pay sales taxes -- but in
practice, few are charged sales taxes at present.
Governor Leavitt's proposal will try to encourage online businesses to
"volunteer" to automatically add sales taxes to merchandise totals.
Governments would approve software that Web sites would then use to
charge taxes, based on the shipping destination.
But why should a Web business "volunteer" to start collecting sales
taxes, when doing so would raise their prices and perhaps send
customers to other sites or even to offline businesses?
Well, it's all in how you define "volunteer."
Leavitt says companies might "volunteer" to comply with his proposal
in order to avoid additional government paperwork and red tape -- or
to avoid audits from state and local government tax authorities.
In other words, "volunteer" or we'll come get you. Gov. Leavitt and
company want their plan to be "voluntary" in the same way that the
income tax is voluntary.
The plan, which also calls for Congress to charter private companies
to help facilitate the collection of the tax, has been endorsed by the
Council of State Governments, the National Council of State
Legislators, and the International City County Management Association.
It has been sent to the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce,
which Congress created last year and which will deliver a report on
Internet taxation by spring 2000.
Libertarians, other free-marketeers, and others who want to see Web
business continue to grow quickly condemned the plan, which is one of
many proposals for Internet taxes that are circulating. Expect a long
battle ahead
(Source: Wired News article by Declan McCullagh, 11/16/99)
Not Just Your Money...
"The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul.
They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and
helpless."
-- James Dale Davidson, National Taxpayers Union
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ASK DR. RUWART
How can you answer difficult questions about libertarianism -- in
short, positive, persuasive soundbite-sized responses? It's a
challenge every libertarian communicator faces.
Dr. Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication and
author of the international bestseller "Healing Our World." Her new
book is "Short Answers to the Tough Questions." In this column she
provides Liberator Online readers with "Short Answers to the Tough
Questions" that libertarians are frequently asked.
If you'd like Dr. Ruwart to provide effective answers for YOUR "tough
questions" on libertarian issues, just email the questions to her at:
mailto:ruwart@self-gov.org. *Due to volume, Dr. Ruwart can't
personally answer or acknowledge all email queries.* But we'll run the
best questions -- and Dr. Ruwart's answers -- in upcoming issues.
Extra Tip: Dr. Ruwart suggests that answers are often best preceded by
a "Ransberger Pivot" statement, to establish common ground with the
questioner. (Example: "Like you, I too want to live in a world where
the environment is clean... Like you, I too want to see greater
abundance for all people...") For more on the Ransberger Pivot
communication technique, see previous issues, or contact the
Advocates.
Dr. Ruwart's past answers are archived in searchable form at the
http://www.self-gov.org/ruwart/
Short Answers to the Tough Questions:
by Dr. Mary Ruwart
* * *
Private Roads and Sidewalks
Question:
"Privatization of roads is an interesting concept.
"If private companies own the roads, how does one get around if one of
the companies decides to enact a high toll for their section of road?
"How would this effect pedestrians who walk or how about bicyclists?
And would sidewalks be part of the private road system?"
My short answer:
"To maximize profit, road companies would want to keep tolls low and
traffic high. If a road company raised tolls too much, people would
find alternative transportation (e.g., trains, planes, other routes).
The loss of revenue would encourage them to lower tolls once again.
"Of course, residential streets would most likely be owned by those
who lived on them, as happens with some streets in St. Louis and in
condo communities today.
"Sidewalks and bicycle paths could be put in by a road company, by
developers of subdivisions, or by homeowners themselves. Studies show
that costs for roads, sidewalks, and paths are reduced one-half to
two-thirds when built by the private, instead of the public, sector.
Indeed, many communities are already choosing to privatize road
construction in order to realize these savings!
* * *
When Can You Coerce Cooperation?
Question:
"I'm a very frequent flyer (20 flights per month), which is what
brought this hypothetical question to mind.
"In a perfect libertarian world, how would a conflict of interest over
property rights be resolved in an emergency or investigation that is
handled by the NTSB or FAA? In other words, if a plane crashes on Mr.
Smith's farm, what obligation is Mr. Smith under to allow any
governing body or rescue operation on his property? Would it be the
state government who would compel Mr. Smith to cooperate? I realize
that 99.99% people would not need to be coerced in this type of
situation, I'm just curious about those that do."
My short answer:
"In a libertarian society, if you felt that someone 'needed to be
coerced,' you would do so at your own risk. For example, your Mr.
Smith might sue for restitution if you trespassed on his property.
Even if the jury awarded Mr. Smith compensation, you (or those whose
lives you saved) might feel it was a small price to pay. Most likely,
however, Mr. Smith would not want to risk neighborhood scorn and
ostracism by making a public claim against a rescuer, especially if he
operated a local business that disgusted neighbors might boycott."
* * *
Government Regulation and Herbal Remedies
Question:
"There seems to be a growing problem with herbal remedies such as
ginseng, melatonin, and others. They are not regulated by the FDA,
which should be a good thing according to libertarians. However, it
has been found that many of the most popular ginseng products have no
ginseng content. Also, some ginseng products contain alcohol, which is
not specified on the packaging, and which can be bad for people who,
for health reasons, need to stay away from alcohol. And then you have
melatonin, which is usually marketed in doses which some experts
consider to be thirty or forty times what is effective. What would be
the libertarian way to handle this chaos?
My short answer:
"In a libertarian society, consumers could buy from a firm with
quality 'insurance' in the form of independent certifications. Some
herbal companies are already starting to provide such information on
request.
"Consumers could sue companies for fraud if they were sold a 'ginseng'
product without ginseng. They could also avoid products that don't
disclose all ingredients. Some consumer organizations and health food
stores do publicize such information today, but not in a systematic
way (yet).
"Most consumers still feel that if a product is on the market, the
government has somehow tested and approved it. Without the heavy hand
of regulation that we have today, most consumers would probably buy
products that had independent certification of some sort, even if the
cost was higher. Today, most people don't feel they need certification
and are less willing to pay for it."
* * *
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PERSUASION POWER POINT #81
So Much More Is Possible
by Michael Cloud
"People don't need your libertarian policies. The Dow is over 10,000.
Wages are higher than they've ever been. Unemployment is about 4%.
Interest rates are low. Crime's the lowest it's been in 30 years. Why
would anyone rock this boat?" challenged the critic.
"You make a compelling case," I agreed. "The economy is better than
it's ever been. Americans are enjoying a good standard of living.
Crime's down. Most of us are pretty satisfied. Who wants to mess with
success?"
"So you concede the issue? You agree that good times are bad for
convincing people to try something new...your libertarianism?" he
asked.
"Satisfaction has a short shelf life. Yesterday's luxury is today's
commonplace. Today's extraordinary is tomorrow's ordinary. Today's
satisfaction is tomorrow's dissatisfaction," I noted. "This gives
libertarians an exceptional opportunity. May I explain how?"
"I don't think you can, but go ahead," he said.
"Marketing libertarianism is a task of possibility and imagination.
Especially when things are going well. Because that's when people tend
to leave their beliefs on automatic pilot...and keep flying in the
same direction.
"Suppose that I were talking with someone who's doing well. Someone
who's pleased with his life and the way the world is. How would I
approach him?...
"I might start with something like this:
`It's a great time to be alive, isn't it? You just got a raise. The
company's doing great. The stock market's up. Crime's down. Your
family is happy. What more is there?...
`Your raise is good, but WHAT IF it were possible for you to triple
your standard of living while working at the same job? WHAT IF you
were able to live 3 times as well?
`You've got a little money in the stock market, but WHAT IF the Dow
shot up from 10,000 today to over 30,000? WHAT IF you invested more
money and the Dow went to 30,000?
`Crime's the lowest it's been in 30 years, but WHAT IF we could cut
crime in our communities by two/thirds?
`WHAT IF we could have a dramatically better military defense of
America for a third of the cost?
`WHAT IF all of this were possible? Would you want it? Would you want
to know how to make it happen?...'"
I waited a moment to let it sink in.
Then I said,
"If you were that successful person, if all those good things
happened, would you want to hear me out? Would you be curious? Would
you be intrigued?"
"I guess I would," replied the critic.
The format is simple:
1. Agree with them. Spell out how good things are. Point out key
areas in which life has improved. Congratulate your listener for
his success.
2. Ask "WHAT IF [dramatically better results] were possible?"
questions. Paint brighter possibilities. * Whet their appetite for
substantially more. Tempt and tantalize them with the
possibilities of dramatically better. Arouse their desires for
quantity and quality and variety.
3. Then ask, "Would you want it?" Get their confirmation, their
agreement, their commitment.
4. When they eagerly ask: HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT
HAPPEN?...tell them about what libertarianism could do for them.
Share positive examples you've read in the books of Charles Murray
and Harry Browne and Julian Simon.
Satisfaction has a short shelf life. We must arouse a desire for more
and better and different.
We must whet their appetite for the results that libertarianism can
create.
**********************
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