Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis, né le 9 mars 1957, est un tennisman néozélandais, probablement le plus titré du pays. Il atteint la finale de Wimbledon en 1983 face à John McEnroe. Après sa carrière, il est devenu coach.

Il est également engagé en politique, au sein de Libertarianz, le parti politique libertarien du pays. Il s'est ainsi prononcé contre tout financement public du monde du sport, déclarant dans un article de Free Radical intitulé "Forced Funding vs. Freedom" :

« Imagine if each time money was needed to provide something that most people wanted, you heard someone say, "I know how we can get enough money, let's go out and rob a bank." In such an instance, it wouldn't be necessary to point out the immorality of such a suggestion, which would quickly be dismissed as a joke. Why is it, then, when one considers the fact that governments acquire their money the same way bank robbers do -- by coercion -- that most people are willing to not only tolerate government theft, but to actively encourage it? Even when you point out the immorality of taking money from some to pay for the unearned benefit of others, no matter who commits the crime, most people still believe that the government is exempt from condemnation! "Whatever way you look at it, theft, whether it's in the name of funding student education, sponsoring talented artists, or assisting athletes in their quest to win gold medals, is a violation of property rights and what should be sacrosanct in any decent society -- the freedom to pursue our own dreams, goals and lives without interference from anybody, including the government. [..] Such acts are moral crimes, they are direct attacks on what life requires -- individual freedom -- and why I am totally opposed to government funding of sport, Olympic or otherwise, or to any other government programmes or agencies that are funded with stolen money. »

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