How can a libertarian who believes in liberty ever support Obamacare forcing individuals to pay jacked up rates for healthcare? That is anathema to one who believes in liberty. what is the next alter in which the liberty of the individual will be sacrificed for the cronies. (as a side note Roberts tortured logic showed you why income taxes and true liberty do not mix.)
And a libertarian would never support what the IRS did when it singled out conservatives and those who supported Isreal.
If you wish to be to be a libertarian -- support freedom over more Federal Govt power. Support states rights.
Support liberty.
If you find yourself disagreeing with Ron or Rand Paul on the Federal Reserve or taxes or other matters more than once or twice you are not a libertarian.
For instance I was once a more interventionist in my thinking. I saw that Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan were virtually the opposite.
I changed my position... in part because I realized in the real world our leaders can't be trusted to do intervention correctly anyway. it was an easy change.
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We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.
We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they choose.
Governments throughout history have regularly operated on the opposite principle, that the State has the right to dispose of the lives of individuals and the fruits of their labor. Even within the United States, all political parties other than our own grant to government the right to regulate the lives of individuals and seize the fruits of their labor without their consent.
We, on the contrary, deny the right of any government to do these things, and hold that where governments exist, they must not violate the rights of any individual: namely, (1) the right to life -- accordingly we support the prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others; (2) the right to liberty of speech and action -- accordingly we oppose all attempts by government to abridge the freedom of speech and press, as well as government censorship in any form; and (3) the right to property -- accordingly we oppose all government interference with private property, such as confiscation, nationalization, and eminent domain, and support the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and misrepresentation.
Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market.
