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barbtries

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36. that's my theory.

Reply to Pharaoh (Reply #25)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 07:29 AM

Oct 2014

could put a lot of people to work - work that would benefit all of us and even the planet.

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Libertarians are SO confused! [View all] markpkessinger Oct 2014 OP

Did he intend on going there to wreck the place as Libertarians do? Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #1

That's because no prosperous developed country is based on a libertarian model. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #2

I once posed this question to a group of self-identified 'Libertarians' on Facebook . . . markpkessinger Oct 2014 #3

Like the only true "free market" was Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile. arcane1 Oct 2014 #8

I suspect the Somalia answer ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #18

Would you be willing to go back to the government structure former9thward Oct 2014 #4

So all we have to do is spend less on defense daredtowork Oct 2014 #5

Beat me to it! arcane1 Oct 2014 #10

I know I said it. former9thward Oct 2014 #12

perhaps we could shift jobs Pharaoh Oct 2014 #25

that's my theory. barbtries Oct 2014 #36

infrastructure onethatcares Oct 2014 #38

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

I am not recommending the "social democratic" former9thward Oct 2014 #11

Seems to me.... paleotn Oct 2014 #19

The European nations were "smarter" than us? former9thward Oct 2014 #33

First I think you are mis-presenting what the OP is saying and Secondly, it's much rhett o rick Oct 2014 #30

What do I believe in? former9thward Oct 2014 #34

In post #4 you asked some questions that seemed to be insinuating something. I apparently am not rhett o rick Oct 2014 #39

Why don't you help out? former9thward Oct 2014 #40

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

I have no problem with FDR or Eisenhower for that matter. former9thward Oct 2014 #44

Neither of the Roosevelts were perfect but certainly better than today's leaders. rhett o rick Oct 2014 #45

Agree with your post 100%. former9thward Oct 2014 #46

United States? Switzerland? Hong Kong? Taiwan? Cayenne Oct 2014 #27

" Free markets do require the law to keep them free and open. " Are you saying that Libertarians rhett o rick Oct 2014 #43

"The government that governs least, governs best". Ben Franklin Cayenne Oct 2014 #47

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

Yes, Ron Paul is a big time racist. Missing the elephant in the room. wolfie001 Oct 2014 #17

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

They get neo-liberalism and liberalism confused. Rex Oct 2014 #16

That is until their boss tells them.... paleotn Oct 2014 #21

Been saying it for years Rex Oct 2014 #15

By and large, yup quakerboy Oct 2014 #20

The mixing up of civil rights aka Civil Libertarians and Political Libertarians abounds. Rex Oct 2014 #23

i work with a man barbtries Oct 2014 #37

Sure But Demonizing Them Is Dumb billhicks76 Oct 2014 #22

Somalia is the Libertarian paradise. nt valerief Oct 2014 #24

that's one adjective - I would use others! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #26

Maybe he's a lefty libertarian. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #28

They are MFrohike Oct 2014 #31

'cos if he wasn't confused, MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #32

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Oct 2014 #35

I had a wing nut friend say New Zealand was perfect treestar Oct 2014 #41

Libertarians are terminally confused. hifiguy Oct 2014 #48