The Libertarian Angle: Sanctions
FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the horrible effects of governmental sanctions. The Libertarian Angle airs week...
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Kevin Williamson, a libertarian-ish conservative writer for the National Review, wrote a bracingly honest assessment of the limited appeal of Rand Pauls ideology. (Short story: Most people really love the biggest government programs, like Social Security and Medicare.) This confession against ideological interest naturally antagonized Reasons Nick Gillespie, who is not only a libertarian-libertarian, but also deeply committed to his belief that libertarianism is always, just you wait and see, on the rise.
Gillespie counters Williamson with a sputtering piece arguing that Rand Paul is poised to seize the center of the American political debate with his innovative proposals, such as saving Ukraine by cutting aid to Ukraine. Gillespie bolsters his thesis with a random collage of factoids:
The one sort-of on-point factoid Gillespie offers is a poll conducted by the libertarian Reason foundation showing that, contrary to the overwhelming findings of pollsters everywhere, voters really do want to cut Medicare and Social Security. The unstated joke here, in case you didnt catch it, is that every interest group has its own handcrafted polls showing that, if you word the question in just the right way, overwhelming numbers of Americans agree with their position on any given issue. And sure enough, Reasons poll has its own wording that finds people are really keen to cut Social Security and Medicare. But this poll, just like every advocacy poll, is worthless, because in real politics, one side of the issue cant control the terms by which it will be debated.
The movie Divergent provides the frame for Gillespies paean to Paul. I have not seen the film. Apperently it describes a future in which people are slotted from birth into categories, and those who refuse to follow along are Marked for Death! This theme, explains Gillespie, sums up Rand Paul. Because obviously the clearest hallmark of an independent rebel is a candidate who has devoted his entire life to slavishly carrying out his fathers kooky dogma.
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The state Libertarian Party chair has praised the recent Montana Supreme Court decision to block a referendum changing the states primary election system from appearing on the November ballot.
Libertarian Chair Mike Fellows said Republicans placed Legislative Referendum 27 on the ballot as an effort to eliminate Libertarians from the general election ballot.
Montana voters want their views heard in the general election, and LR-127 would limit those views, Fellows said. Libertarians support the free market of ideas in politics, but the Montana Republican Party wanted to control the free market through LR-127 to achieve its goals.
He said it amounted to eliminating part of the competition from the general election.
We know that most voters start looking at candidates and issues in the general election rather than the primary, Fellow said.
The referendum would have set up a new primary election system under which the names of all candidates from all political parties Democratic, Republican, Libertarian and others for each office would appear on the same primary election ballot. The top two vote-getters for each office, regardless of political party, would compete in the general election.
Under present law, the Democratic and Republican parties have separate primary elections in June. The winners of Democratic and Republican primaries for each office face off in the November general election. Third-party candidates such as Libertarians also appear on the November ballot.
In striking the referendum from the ballot, the court majority found that the title of the referendum exceeded the 100-word limit in the law and that the title was complicated and confusing.
If Republicans had won the governors race in 2012 as well as controlled the Legislature, Fellows said the bill that became the referendum instead would have been signed into law, bypassing voters, he said.
In the 2015 Montana legislative session, you can bet this issue will come up again, Fellows said.
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BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -
Three of the lesser known candidates campaigning in Mississippi's 4th congressional district race made a stop in Biloxi Wednesday night.
Republican Tavish Kelly, Independent Ed Reich and Libertarian Joey Robinson may all align with different parties, but one thing they agree upon is that it's time for someone else to represent Mississippi's 4th congressional district in Washington.
"I'm in this race, because I believe in the Republican Party still. I just believe that the Republican Party needs conservatives not rhinos," said Kelly.
Kelly is the youngest of the bunch, and he isn't alone in his plans to go knocking on doors to let people know who he is and what he stands for. Ed Reich is right behind him.
"I want to know your opinion on what's going on. I'm not just going to go up there because you elected me to be your voice. I still want to know what you think I should be saying up there. I want your input. I'm not just going to be the dictator representative. I'm going to represent properly," said Reich.
Rounding out the candidates is Joey Robinson, father of two, and the only Libertarian running in district four.
"We have to focus on jobs. Jobs will fix everything in the economy. If people can work, if we have jobs for them, they can pay their bills, they can support their families, themselves, pay their debt, naturally stimulate the economy," said Robinson.
This debate was a first for all three candidates, and moderator Ed "The Reverend" Powell says attending even the smaller debates is important if you want to be an educated voter
"They need to come out and listen to find out which candidate they need to vote for, because the votes really count here in the United States," said Powell.
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