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Oldenuff

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7. The trouble with foreign aid is

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 05:00 AM

Jan 2013

that it often goes astray,and the ones who need it never get it....and it sure seems to me like there are a lot of strings attached to the aid.It isn't freely given,there are benchmarks that have to be reached ie; the never ending "war on drugs" and the associated mayhem exacted in it's promotion.

But yes...Libertarians are basically selfish and heartless....putting it mildly.

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Libertarians Would End Federal Drug Laws and US Interventionism Abroad, Suck [View all] arely staircase Jan 2013 OP

Economic libertarians suck. Civil libertarians Rock. cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #1

+1 Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #4

sure, but it is that overlap on social issues where libertarians mislead liberals/progressives arely staircase Jan 2013 #2

kicked for AM arely staircase Jan 2013 #3

"Well what the libertarians fail to mention when trying to court liberals is they would let states Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #5

And... loyalsister Jan 2013 #6

Ah yes, the ADA arely staircase Jan 2013 #8

The trouble with foreign aid is Oldenuff Jan 2013 #7

and they wouldn't end drug law or US intervention abroad anyways Johonny Jan 2013 #9

Well... we havn't made any influence in our party on these issues either davidn3600 Jan 2013 #12

That's why I don't call myself a libertarian, just a libertine. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #10

oh I'm a liberal alright and if no one puts education on the agenda liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #11