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Have I been ignoring my liberal friends lately?
Maybe…. I think I’ve been trying to show many liberals that there is a different kind of conservative out there. A Goldwater conservative who’ll discuss the issues, not just spout buzzwords and make personal accusations and ignore your points
For the most part, I believe most of my conservative [...]

The aim of this guide wasn’t necessarily to convert my liberal friends. You’ll notice I generally use a small l when I describe myself as a libertarian (if I capitalized one here or there, please forgive me.) That’s because I am not an official member of the Libertarian Party. I’m just a fan.
I just want [...]

The War On Drugs has been a complete success for our government. The problem is, we’ve been the targets the whole time…
Many libertarians believe that the war on drugs has been used as a tool to ensure dependence on government.
The war on drugs has targeted poorer areas, minorities in particular, and uses it to continually [...]

Libertarians do not believe in governmental censorship in any form, or at any level. The libertarian movement has been the recipient of a lot of the spoils of the Internet.
Many libertarians are weary of government intervention, especially in electronic media. I’m sure the Democratic and Republican party are both unhappy you are reading this.
Most [...]

marketing We, as libertarians are generally opposed to government provided health care
We’re not cold without feelings, we just think there’s a better way.
Health care should be affordable for every American. The best way to make that happen is through good old-fashioned competition.
Monopolies are never cheaper, and rarely more efficient than a competitive market. Regulation after [...]

marketing Libertarians want to privatize this function of the federal government.
This is simple economics. You’ll get more money when you retire through a private retirement system, than you will through social security.
Why shouldn’t you be able to opt out of Social Security if you’d like? We don’t trust the Democrats or Republicans with our retirement, [...]

If you had 3 guesses to figure out who our nations biggest polluter is, could you guess correctly?
Unless you guessed our federal government, you would be wrong!!
We are letting the fox watch the hen house on this issue. The federal government cannot be trusted with our environment, at least not our current government anyway.
Landowners are [...]

Most libertarians believe in a relatively open border. Surprised?
It’s true!!
Libertarians believe that immigrants generally help create new jobs for Americans, not eliminate them. We believe we get the “best of the best” from other countries to come here, and try to build the American Dream. We encourage legal immigration of any law abiding [...]

Taxes And Spending:
So we’re supposed to be a bunch of rich white men that don’t want to pay their taxes. I’ve heard that, and to be honest, there has been some truth to this statement in the past.
Libertarians want to eliminate or drastically reduce most federal taxes and services..
What does that mean?
Libertarians want to give [...]

This is probably the link that made you roll your eyes.
Many liberals disagree with the libertarian stance on gun ownership. I couldn’t, in good faith, ignore this subject, because its a pretty big issue within the libertarian movement.
Most libertarians believe that firearms are essential in fighting tyranny and crime. We’ve learned that the less [...]