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Obama holds many good positions, he is an admirable person in his achievements, he is motivating and captivating, and I certainly would have nothing against a black president, but I do not think this is the time to play around with his economic policies. The country cannot afford a mistake in the economy, and that is why I am voting for Bob Barr. He will defend my liberties and has good economic policy.
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They're both populists, like Hitler, Castro and the rest of them. Granted they're not extreme but Barr is just another big government opportunity hijacking the libertarian party and part of the movement. And Obama is simply a good looking, charismatic young man that has no principles and will do anything to get more power for the government and the special interests he represents.
Moreover, why do you support Obama? The pro war, pro patriot act candidate? What nonsense from a libertarian.
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Of course ideally. Corruption can not be anticipated until the person is in office.
Actually, Republicans believe in moderate regulation. We (Libertarians) tend to be totally against all government involvement, although we have some moderates that are closer to Republicans.
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What nonsense.
Power corrupts, it's that simple. Now of course, government cannot help the economy or society in anyway even if they were perfectly altruistic, but as they're not we don't even need to worry about that.
However, you're just plain wrong, governments favour economic fascism. That is, colluding with big buisness to further both of their interests by means of a regulated economy, fiat currency. Moreover, neocons favour a welfare state just as much as their democrat counterparts, albeit, one under their control.
By the way I'll repeat what I've said a million times, your views are not compatible with libertarianism: that is adherence to the NAP. Do you know how regulations are enforced? You're no libertarian, you're a conservative lite.
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taking money out of the economy, whether by hoarding or hiding or whatever, hurts everyone.
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Do you know what causes economic growth? Savings, you can call it hording all you like but it's the cause of all increases in standards of living.
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That could be debated. It is true for the most part. Somewhere just shy of total freedom is where we should be. There is a comprimise between control and freedom, but when you have a little too much of one, you get what we have now, where you have quick and violent fluctuations. This is magnified when your controls are mismanaged, like what has happened to us.
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Don't be silly, why do you assume that government is able to control the economy? It simply isn't, it's a violent institution that operates through coercion, so, even if government could manage the economy it would still be immoral to do so.
However, the burden of proof is on you to show that government can manage the economy so get to it.
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Differs depending on who you talk to. Most Libertarians believe that it is the government's job to prevent them from forming.
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Maybe the conservatives posing as libertarians do, the sincere libertarians however understand the symbiotic nature of the relationship between big buisness and the state.
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The Anarcho-Libertarians feel confident that monopolies could not form in a truly free market, and thus government does not need to prevent them.
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Anarcho Libertarians is a silly term, although it's better than Anarcho Capitalist. In any case, the market anarchist understand that monopolies are the result of government intervention within the market place and realise the silliness of attempting to use government to cure what it creates.
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"Cannot" is a pretty weak principle to rest a case on.
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Since when?
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his is where I differ from both major parties, because the Dems simply want more regulation, and the Reps simply want less. Economics is not that simple.
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That's just not true, Republicans don't want less regulations. And yes, economics is that simple. Regulation can never benefit the consumer.