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Libertariai By WAYNE BROOKS Staff Writer Libertarianism allows people to run their lives as they wish, a USC philosophy professor who spoke Thursday night at Capstone's uimpus ruoin saia. "Taroun>\WO^ Free Pregnancy Ji Free Abortion Ref Medical Facilites THe Medical Facili Charge, & Bank-A call 25 2009 Hampton St. yot Becaus istics (cut, c qualities to Perhap sometimes because it! On the Then you < sparkle wit In anv < each one i< And you c< what's prec But the ring you'll 1 you love. And foi Prices s many dia i speaker s< PHIL DEMATTEIS said libertarianism, as a political theory, recognizes all people as "morally equal and entitled to respect and consideration." "It does not mean all people are equal in the material sense or they're all smart, good-looking, flEN'S SERVICES I l! 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The state is a group of individuals subject to the same moral duties as the rest of us." Dematteis said "although street gangs may commit theft, the state commits greater theft every day through taxation. "The IRS seizes my resources without my permission. It claims to provide me with services in m ly price d to be ch nond is determined by fo eight), you can always us* arandeur of a Wop Hiam le same as a smaller one. r a delicate birthmark hie el size isn't the most impo 1 that's small, but perfectly d one to suit your person; wn combination of chara< y way you wish, to help y< zmber is to buy a diamon e sharing it for a lifetime \ should be choosy. id is forever. se specific rings (enlarged for detail). Your i the best guidance. De Beers Consolidate an run own exchange for my taxes but it insists on collecting taxes whether or not I want the services." DEMATTEIS SAID the libertarian movement has several factions that disagree on various points. Limited-government libertarians believe government is an evil needed to physically protect people. "They think government should be severely restricted to just providing such protection," he said. The Libertarian Party, whose presidential candidate, Roger McBride, received 183,000 votes last fall, believes in limitedgovernment libertarianism. NO-GOVERNMENT l.inirn TARIANS, another faction, believe government is an "unnecessary oosv. - - - J ?ur character? these ond. Well, , Simply Iden inside. j rtant quality- S / cut to ality. Because cteristics. :>u decide d engagement A/ith someone jeweler has id Mines, Ltd. lives evil," he said. Protection provided by police, the military and the courts "would be more efficient and less expensive if provided by private organizations." Dematteis said he prefers nogovernment libertarianism. "It's lmytjitMuie iur a nmuea gove;nment to stay limited," lie said. Dematteis said libertarians reject the idea that people must be forcibly protected from themselves. "Libertarians believe all laws against victimless crimes should be repealed." He said a libertarian society would have no laws against narcotics, gambling or pornography. "WE ALSO REJECT the idea that people have an enforceable claim on others for anything other than being left alone," he said. Dematteis said people should have the freedom to buy, sell and contract as they choose as lone as no force or fraud is used. "This would eliminate minimum wage and maximum price laws, rent controls, tariffs, export and import quotas, regulatory commissions, anti-trust laws, occupational licensing, blue laws and utility companies." A FREE MARKET would also eliminate right-to-work laws, welfare, Social Security, secondary boycotts, compulsory arbitration of labor disputes, prohibition of liauor and ricarpttp advertising on television, loans, loan guarantees to corpbrations and agricultural subsidies, he said. Dematteis said government should not be in the business of delivering mail, running passenger trains, educating children and college students, providing water, sewers and street lights and fighting fires. He said these services should be provided by private companies who would bill their customers directly instead of being supported by taxes. "IN THE NO-GOVERNMENT system, even the police and the courts would be private institutions," he said. Libertarianism "incorporates the good parts of both liberalism and conservatism. Libertarians reject the notion of a dichotomy between personal life and econom'c activity, which is common to both liberalism and conservatism," Dematteis said. "Both liberalism anH rnn. servatism are based on the peopleare-no-good principle. Liberals think people are especially no good in the economic sector. They support regulation of the economy, anti-trust laws, minimum wage laws and welfare. "BUT WHEN IT comes to their personal lives, they think people are rational and able to take care of themselves. So they advocate liberalization of sex, pornography and drug laws. "Conservatives think people are especially no good in running their Dersonal lives so thev wan) tn toughen up the victimless crime laws. When it comes to the economy, people become capable of functioning on their own. So they advocate a relatively free market." Libertarians believe that people are "rational and responsible beings who are better judges of their own needs, desires and circumstances than anyone else could be," Dematteis said. "They assert that people would be able to solve their own problems through individual efforts and voluntary cooperation."