Prescient:

"Finding a means of preventing over-concentrated
control of resources, while protecting a person's
right to own the products of his or her own efforts,
and the right of voluntary association and voluntary trade.

"Believe that individual actions can have broader
consequences that are too damaging to deal with only
after the fact. (e.g. pollution)"

We might want to add in the parenthetical, "systemic risk to the financial
system."

Andrew Spark
941-321-5927
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike O'Mara" <romike@...>
To: <progressive-libertarians@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [PL] Too Late?


> It's true that the Progressive Libertarians list
> has not been very active lately. It was created
> for dialogue among people from different political parties,
> who hold progressive, freedom-oriented
> views. According to the description of this list:
>
> "While there is no precise definition of a
> progressive libertarian, they tend to
>
> "Hold a predominantly libertarian view of
> individual rights and support the entire Bill of
> Rights.
>
> "A responsible and peaceful transition toward
> liberty: cut welfare starting with cutting
> corporate welfare rather than first cutting the
> social safety net.
>
> "Finding a means of preventing over-concentrated
> control of resources, while protecting a person's
> right to own the products of his or her own efforts,
> and the right of voluntary association and voluntary trade.
>
>
> "Believe that individual actions can have broader
> consequences that are too damaging to deal with only
> after the fact. (e.g. pollution)"
>
> |
>
> Some progressive libertarians can be found in
> different political parties, such as in the
> Democratic Freedom Caucus within the Democratic
> Party, and the Libertarian Reform Caucus within
> the Libertarian Party.
>
> Also, the Pro-Liberty Democrats list is another
> place for dialogue about progressive libertarian
> views (while the main purpose of the Democratic
> Freedom Caucus list, dfc_talk, is for specific
> political action, related to candidates,
> legislation, organizing, and strategy):
>
> Democratic Freedom Caucus:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dfc_talk/
>
> Libertarian Reform Caucus:
> http://reformthelp.org/
>
> ProLiberty Democrats:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prolibertydemocrats/
>
> Mike O'Mara
>
> |
>
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:34:33 -0000
> "Ell Kinder" <lkindr@...> wrote:
>> * Looks like I'm too late here to get in on any good
>> dialog.
>> * I started a Peace Movement Empowerment Circle and one
>> of its tenets
>> is that diverse peace supporters, notably Progressives
>> and
>> Libertarians, need to settle differences and unite.
>> * I think peace supporters need to work hard in the next
>> few years to
>> achieve permanent relative world peace and freedom,
>> before another
>> fascist president or dictator comes along.
>> * I was hoping there might be interest in that here, but
>> the group
>> seems almost dead.
>>
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