Quote:I am a registered Independent. I lean heavily libertarian. However, I believe in some broad regulations on the federal level. Someone always wins in capitalism, hence the importance of anti trust laws. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I read not too long ago where there were something like 50 or 60 media companies that owned 90% of the market share like 25 years ago. Today there are, I believe, 5 or 6. Competition breeds innovation.


The Civil Rights Act thing is an age old question that trips up many libertarians. On one side, I am torn... I mean, how can one be in favor of freedom of speech, regardless of how reprehensible it may be, but be for the Civil Rights Act? I think the correct way of thinking for the party would be that by allowing companies to discriminate, you are restricting the liberties of the discriminated. In this case, your right to liberty trumps another's right to deny you of your liberty.


I have no issues with the federal government using funds to build/maintain interstates and other infrastructure that the nation as a whole may use.


The Department of Education needs to be abolished. I don't know how people could possibly think the federal government is doing a good job in this area. We are, or were, the richest nation on the planet with the highest standard of living, but we were middle of the pack in education... And I feel like that's generous. Let the private sector educate and bring back trade schools. Let parents/children be educated in what they feel is important and what caters best to the child's needs and not up to some standardized test which tests how well you test.


The EPA, in its current state, needs to be abolished. It's turned into a fascist oligarchy. There should be a few environmental regulations, but the EPA has gone mad. Arresting people and seizing their land because they were collecting rain water - really?

Excellent post, I agree with you in most of it as well. I don't have a problem with federal maintenance of the interstate system, however I don't buy the whole without government there would be no roads argument either.


Revoking the civil rights act isn't even a platform for the libertarian party so items really a non issue. Going forward however you can vote libertarian and know the party is not going to grow governments ability to be the moral police state.

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