Full disclosure: I am neither a libertarian nor a fan of unregulated capitalism. But I am earnest in trying to figure out where Libertarians stand - and I am not here to pick a fight.
It seems like the Libertarian argument has gained some strength in the last decade or more. This correlates to the strength of the fiscal conservative viewpoint and republican success over Democrats in representative government. It is my belief that these trends have much to do with one another and that Republicans have done a good job of co-opting the Libertarian agenda while not following that agenda whatsoever. Reagan was the first in a line of contemporary republicans who appealed to the public's sense of paranoia about "big government" and started what became a twenty-five year republican mission to dismantle many of the federally funded social programs established by Reagan's predecessors. My question to the group looks something like this: Do you generally agree that Libertarian ideology has helped to elect people like George W. Bush to the white house and, if so, do you find this troubling? Thanks for considering my question! Cheers, Matt ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
