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In reply to the discussion: Libertarians are SO confused! [View all]barbtries
(28,756 posts)36. that's my theory.
could put a lot of people to work - work that would benefit all of us and even the planet.
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Did he intend on going there to wreck the place as Libertarians do?
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2014
#1
I once posed this question to a group of self-identified 'Libertarians' on Facebook . . .
markpkessinger
Oct 2014
#3
Forgive me but I am missing your point. I am sure it's me but what are you recommending? nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#6
First I think you are mis-presenting what the OP is saying and Secondly, it's much
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#30
In post #4 you asked some questions that seemed to be insinuating something. I apparently am not
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#39
You frame your questions to push a point of view. No one want's to answer such questions. If you
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#42
Neither of the Roosevelts were perfect but certainly better than today's leaders.
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#45
" Free markets do require the law to keep them free and open. " Are you saying that Libertarians
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#43
I agree. Regulations are needed. There really is no such thing as a "Free Market". nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#49
If he's like most libertarians the real draw is that it's whiter than a paper plate in a snow storm.
LeftyMom
Oct 2014
#7
Libertarian principles don't even make sense to me. It could be me. Seems to me that there
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#9
It's like someone who is 10 and doesn't realize how much their parents actually provide n/t
arcane1
Oct 2014
#14
I was a big Ayn Rand fan in high school. When I got into the real world, it was like a slap in the
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#29
They think "Libertarian" means "Liberty" which means "small government" which means Reagan was God.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2014
#13