Reply #20: Any libertarian Bush voter is a fool [View All]

<<as long as their own right to take any mind-altering substances and/or f*ck anyone they want isn't restricted.>>

Then it would seem that a vote for a Republican would be rather contradictory. I am a hardcore civil libertarian, and because of that I would never vote for a Republican.

Beyond that, I really hate arguing with traditional libertarians, and I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about. It's like trying to explain basic economics to a six year old.

-Without regulations, there inevitably will be corruption, collusion and monopolies, which act contrary to the competitive aim of capitalism, and destroy all faith in the market.

-Without a financial safety net for citizens, virtually nobody can be secure, unless perhaps you had the initiative to inherit a department store or an oil company. We stand as helpless victims of fate and the whims of the medical-industrial complex. Entire families, even affluent people, can fall into bankruptcy when their child develops leukemia and needs extensive and costly treatment. There is strong risk of this even now.

-Without labor protection, most of the population is not more free, but rather enslaved. Believe it or not, this country was generally not a great place to live at the turn of the twentieth century.

-Finally, tax cuts will always be temporary, unless spending is dramatically reduced. This seems unlikely, unless Congress kills pork barrel costs, vanity projects, and gratuitous military expenses. You have to pay back what you spend eventually. But, then again maybe they don't care after all, as long as it isn't their generation that has to deal with it.