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Revision as of 15:06, 11 January 2012

This mapping is incomplete; I'm starting with the supporting arguments first.

right-arrow debaticon Reducing the size of government gives people more freedom.
up-arrow debaticon Government creates burdensome regulations that interfere with people's personal lives.
up-arrow debaticon Government cannot provide freedom; it can only enslave.
right-arrow debaticon A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have. (literal interpretation)
up-arrow debaticon If government has sufficient resources to provide a living for a significant portion of the population, it also has the resources to deprive people of their rightful property.
right-arrow debaticon A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have. (implications)
up-arrow debaticon The hidden cost of a government-provided social safety-net is too high.
up-arrow debaticon If you accept the need for government to have the power to give, you accept the need for government to take without consent.
up-arrow debaticon Nobody likes having their property taken without their consent.
up-arrow debaticon Taking without consent is theft.
up-arrow debaticon People who want a social safety-net are supporting theft.
up-arrow debaticon A government-provided social safety-net means that the government takes from some people and gives it to others.
up-arrow debaticon Anyone who wants this supports stealing from others.
up-arrow debaticon People who want a social safety-net are being selfish.
up-arrow debaticon People who support a social safety-net just want a free ride at the expense of others.