While in recent years the Israeli government has trended away from its socialist roots, the country still has a long way to go before its people can enjoy the fruits of a highly productive and innovative economy. To this end, libertarians in Tel Aviv [they exist] have organized a Tea Party to “show the public and our fellow man that probing, overreaching, and intruding government is not the only option. In fact, it shouldn’t be an option at all.”
Will demunicipalizing the garbage collectors bring peace to the Middle East?
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Um, more like in the process of organizing…:-) Many thanks for the mention though!
The language is utalitarian. Nevertheless, for our first tea party, it will do.
The language is utilitarian by necessity – it has to be, to appeal to people who do not necessarily share your moral philosophy.
You should also mention the ongoing project to translate Mises’s texts into Hebrew (mentioned here), something I’ve thought about doing myself. Is there a website I can visit where this project is based? What about Rothbard’s MES/P&M?
What Boris said:-)
Good luck, my fellow Israëli libertarians. We are also building up a Tea Party in the Netherlands, see dutchteaparty.wordpress.com for more info. I hope we can support each other in any possible way.
Things have got to the point where total government spending in Britain and the United States is close to the level of total government spending in Israel (as a proportion of the economy). So the idea that there is some great difference between the “free market” United States and semi “socialist” Israel is false – indeed in SOME WAYS Israel is less statist than the United States, and certainly less statist than Britain.
probably as rabidly pro war as our horrible tea parties. no thanks.
Yeah, those whacky Israelis, thinking they need to defend themselves against those nice, Libertarian Muslims….
lol like i said
These days government spending is lower in Israel (47% of GDP) than in Britain (53%). Something which both reflects the massive spending increases implemented by Britain’s so-called “New Labour” government, but also spending cuts in Israel. See my post on Israel’s transformation to a relatively free economy from its previous very statist structure.
http://stefanmikarlsson.blogspot.com/2010/03/israels-transformation.html
That was a wonderful post that makes me hopeful for freedom and peace in that part of the world.
I don’t know about your optimism. It seems that the anti-capitalistic mentality is stronger then ever in Israel. The mentality seems to be regulate regulate regulate. And privatizations are done in formality only, while the State still keeps a tight grip on those industries by regulations.
Also, the Central Bank of Israel has engaged over the last 3 years in the most massive bailout of the banking sector in their history. What’s going to happen when the chickens come home to roost in just a few years? The inflation of the 80′s will be small potatoes compared to what lies ahead in the future.
Where are you getting your information about the Central Bank of Israel?
I have no idea of demunicipalizing garbage collection will bring peace to Israel, but defunding the Isreali military certainly would! So would defunding the Israeli government apparatus which is preventing peaceful trade and exchange between Israelis and Palestinians who have far more to gain by trading with each other than killing and maiming each other!
Abolition of Israel taxes, and their going to Mossad (the Israeli secret police) might not bring peace and prosperity to Israel, but it certainly would free up capital for investment into their burgeoning computer industry, which would probably become world-class once it was relieved of the burdens of a corrupt and brutal military drain. Many Palestinians are also quite well educated and westernized, and could easily work with and adapt to a modern economy, given the chance.
Israel/Palestine being a peaceful, world-class technological and economic center? I don’t know, but detaxing Israelis and liberating Palestinians makes an interesting first step!
PEACE AND FREEDOM!!
David K.Meller
To make Israel co-exist peacefully in Middle-East we need more than just cookie-cutter US style – republican responses.
While, no one would debate the booming computer industry in Tel Aviv and in Haifa can benefit from extra capital injunction, we cant be delusional into believing that the *wealth-effect* would make Mossad obsolete and the Jihadis yearn for Pearl and Mashup programming.
regards and peace
Olga-Lednichenko
Russian-Israeli-Chai
Tea Party??!
I’m in!
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sharon
Hoteles de Tel Aviv
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