POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sea Monster, Treaties Of The European Union, Ordnungspolizei
26 Aug 2016
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Libertarians: can make better decisions for themselves than the gov. can (classical liberalism: freedom, order and equality. Leviathan (1651) (job 41= sea monster in bible) Saw life before gov. (state of war, all against all) Believed in a powerful ruler beyond challenge. Natural rights= life, liberty, property (later changed to pursuit of happiness) Social contract (origin of gov, how much authority gov. has) Believed in right of revolution (when gov. has failed people can alter or abolish it) Politics: result from conflicts caused by scarce resources, and differences over values, principals, beliefs. Spending by gov. is limited by revenues and ability to borrow. Annual budget of gov. creates winners (receive gov. benefits- tax breaks, farm subsidies) and losers (pay higher taxes) Budgets lay out how revenue is raised (who gets taxed) and how it is spent (who gets benefits) Since the gov. is limited on how much they can tax citizens, resources are scarce.
