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I was hard core libertarian most of my life. Ran Ed Clark's campaign at yale in 80. However there are a few reasons why I don't totally agree with the "party". I see foreign intervention as a necessary prophylactic in some cases. I see funding some foreign governments as a necessary line of defense. And I have issues with some of the purists in the libertarian party who whine about stuff like making taxi cabs have business licenses or people having medical boards in order to practice medicine. However I am clearly in the libertarian wing of the GOP and being agnostic, I tire of the social fascism of the bible thumpers.
Thank you for your answer. Can I get you to expand on what you see as the differences between a Libertarian, a Republican, and a Libertarian Republican?
Edit: You, the forum did not eat this post!
I don't think there are definitive answers but I will try to give it my best shot
A Libertarian is a member of the Libertarian Party. In some states that is a voting designation like GOP or Dems meaning you can vote for the Libertarian candidates in a primary (Cincinnati's 1st District had two libertarians running for the congressional nomination) a Republican is someone who belongs to the party (GOP) or normally votes that way or is registered for Primaries. A Libertarian Republican is someone who supports the candidates in general elections and can vote for GOP primary candidates. a libertarian is not necessarily a member of the party. In other words a Libertarian can be a party member while a libertarian is more a philosopy
The GOP has several wings-social conservatives, economic freedom advocates, libertarians etc (1 and 2 can have the same people, 1 and 3 is tougher)
I meant more in terms of where the differences on the issues between the three. I realize that there are no definitive answers, and the question will probably get a different answer from each person answering. I am interested in your opinion.
Back many months ago, I started a thread on this, and since we have a bunch of new Libertarian issues, I thought I would revisit it. The basis of the original poll was numerous comments about big "L" Libertarians and little "l" libertarians. Many libertarians here stated they did not align very well with the beliefs of the Libertarian party. So I pulled a series of issues from the Libertarian party website(Issues | Libertarian Party) and asked which of those issues do you agree with. Same deal this time, same issues, which do you personally as a Libertarian or libertarian agree with. If in doubt, please refer to the link above to see the detailed position of the Libertarian party.
Please, only Libertarians(big or small "L") vote in this poll.
Link to original thread: http://www.debatepolitics.com/polls/57386-libertarian-issues.html
Please be patient as I add poll options...I type slow.
Semi-amnesty for illegal aliens(work for amnesty)- I'm odd about this.
I don't want tougher immigration or border security.
I want it to stay more or less how it is, with less social welfare to discourage loafers.
I like foreigners who want to live here, they usually have a better work ethic than our natives.
I took everything but Laissez Faire capitalism, Deregulate healthcare, and End welfare.
For capitalism, I believe in free market capitalism. In that the market is open and people may fairly enter it; succeed or fail by their own power. Laissez-faire does not do that, in fact it is one of the most closed of all systems (next to corporate capitalism, which is what we currently operate under). This is because monopoly and oligopoly quickly rise within the market place stiffing competition and closing off the market. Some amount of government regulation is necessary to ensure the free market remains free. Thus small amount of government is needed in the capitalist model.
Name one monopoly that has ever formed without the aid of government.
Name one monopoly that has ever formed without the aid of government.
De Beers
The founder of De Beer, one Cecil Rhodes WAS government as a member of parliament and was under his companies were under Charter from the British Crown. lol
In fact De Beers is the quintessential example of how the state aids in the creation of monopoly:
Cecil Rhodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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