Now that the Republican Party has officially committed suicide by selecting Donald Trump as the new standard bearer of the GOP, it is time for all good Libertarians to come to the aid of our neighbor.
Make no mistake about it: If you are a traditional Goldwater/Reagan conservative, your party is now as economically ignorant as that of left-wing democratic socialism. Forty-one years ago, Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" interviewed Republican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan. In this segment, Reagan told Wallace that the heart of his philosophy was libertarianism: youtube.com/watch?v=Dg0Axyvlkm0
Reagan, a republican, drove the top marginal income tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent in only five years. It was Reagan who championed welfare reform and fewer job-destroying regulations that helped to fuel the rapid growth of the 1980s. And spare me (in case you are a Democrat reading this) the line that "Reagan caused massive deficits." Government tax collections rose from $599 billion in 1981 to $990 billion by 1989 because of his tax cuts and growth-creating policies. > > I Reagan also championed amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants and never once announced a policy of not allowing any Soviet or Eastern-bloc residents to enter American until "we can figure this thing out." > > > Today's Republican Party also fails — miserably — the test of economic literacy. Donald Trump wants to return the United States to the trade policies of the 1930s while pushing for greater social-welfare spending and immigration laws that would create labor shortages and inflationary pressures in innumerable areas of our economy.
In terms of economics, younger voters have their heads turned towards the socialist dogma of Bernie Sanders. Trump's future disastrous presidency will only accelerate this.
Now is the time for a GOP to embrace the DNC on SOCIAL issues and the traditional Reagan libertarianism on ECONOMIC issues in order to turn 2016 into a bad memory.
>Now that the Republican Party has officially committed suicide by selecting Donald Trump Libertarians are just as delusional as leftists
Jaxson Moore
>I want a strong government that protects its people >Look at this ignorant moron, clearly not as sophisticated as me for wanting open borders and compete with protectionist countries without recourse.
John Evans
>reagan was a good conservative guys ! you agree with that right ? he's the only real conservative :^)
go back to rebbit please. you have to go back
Lincoln Allen
Isn't it time for your nap Hilary?
Landon Thompson
Libertarianism favors unregulated markets and open borders. All its Founders are Jews.
Brody Jones
>labor shortages
The participation rate is the lowest since the 70s. Trumps "1930s" plan revolves around NAFTA and how bad it's been for the American economy. NAFTA has provided the US with cheaper goods, however fewer decent paying manufacturing jobs.
James Ramirez
I'm a libertarian that supports Trump.
Henry Myers
Not arguments. Don't see the problem with this. Are jews not known to be good with money?
Why? Do you realize how massive of a government project building the wall will be? How can you support penalties imposed on companies trying to pursue their own economic interest (Carrier) by leaving America, as opposed to making America a more fertile grounds for economic development? How can you support a crony capitalist that uses eminent domain to seize private property under the guise of """"public good"""" (essentially communism) NAFTA was not bad for the INDIVIDUAL. When free markets prevail, it is not a zero sum gain. Everyone gains. You said yourself that cheaper goods were available. They are also available in higher quality. I don't get the "nafta bad" bandwagon. While Bill Clinton was in office, international trade between the U.S. and the rest of the world skyrocketed — and the unemployment rate fell to less than 4 percent while incomes increased and the American economy experienced record GROWTH.
Nicholas Cruz
>making no sense
Anthony Collins
>Reagan also championed amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants
That's my main gripe with this party. People don't understand you don't have to be """"""muh freedoms""""" 100% in order to be a libertarian. This is why we never get any of the fucking votes. Reagan himself was a REALISTIC libertarian. The word itself shouldn't mean absolute government minimization. Only more than what it is now in many aspects.
Matthew Murphy
Educate* This phone's autocorrect sucks ass
Carter Young
#AP4LP #AustinPetersen2016
Nicholas Lee
Oh look, more carefully cherry picked Reagan era historical revisionism. The cuckservative's favorite pastime.
Now time for some facts:
>Reagan was harshly rebuked by so-called “free traders” for taking “protectionist” actions such as a 45% tariff on Japanese motorcycles to save the Harley-Davidson Motor Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
>Reagan also imposed a tariff of 100% on Japanese semiconductors. As the L.A. Times wrote in 1987: “President Reagan on Friday imposed tariffs of 100% on medium-sized Japanese color televisions, powerful lap-top and desk computers and certain hand power tools, to retaliate for Japan’s failure to allow more American products into its markets and to halt the underpriced ‘dumping’ of Japanese semiconductor computer chips in other nations.”
>Forced Japan to accept restraints on auto exports… >Tightened up considerably the quotas on imported sugar… >Negotiated to increase restrictiveness of the Multifiber Arrangement and extended restrictions to previously unrestricted textiles. >Required 18 countries–including Brazil, Spain, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Finland, and Australia, as well as the European Community–to accept ‘voluntary restraint agreements’ to reduce steel imports, guaranteeing domestic producers a share of the American market… >Raised tariffs on Canadian lumber and cedar shingles… >Removed Third World countries from the duty-free import program for developing nations on several occasions. >Pressed Japan to force its automakers to buy more American-made parts… >Redefined ‘dumping’ in order ‘to make it easier to bring charges of unfair trade practices against certain competitors.’
>By 1991, the total U.S. trade deficit had fallen to $66.2 billion. In 2015, the total U.S. trade in goods deficit was $736 billion.
It's like these cucks haven't figured out yet that they can't get away with their Jewish bullshit any longer.
Luis Lopez
I mean holy fuck the guy who made this video is one of the potential nominees right now for the Libertarian party youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg People that say Donald Trump is the only one with an anti-PC attitude just need to look at any libertarian candidate.
John Garcia
wow, the shills are really at it today
Lucas James
>Why? Do you realize how massive of a government project building the wall will be? How can you support penalties imposed on companies trying to pursue their own economic interest (Carrier) by leaving America, as opposed to making America a more fertile grounds for economic development? How can you support a crony capitalist that uses eminent domain to seize private property under the guise of """"public good"""" (essentially communism) The government is in charge of the border. It should secure it. Eminent domain isn't a hill I'm willing to die on.
Since you're for open borders you must not be big on freedom of association. What if I don't want to associate with immigrants? Immigrants come into America and vote Democrat and use welfare at a much higher rate than natives. By supporting mass immigration you're enabled millions of free riders.
Carson Lee
Yes, as in the posr of the guy who mentioned the road signs thing, I am not a "pure" libertarian. Obviously in the pure sense it's too ideal among large human populaces. Sometimes you need protectionist action and you can't just throw EVERYTHING to livertarianism. This is common sense so many of us lack. The fact is, the bulk of his economic and social actions leaned toward libertarianism. Not an argument >Eminent domain isn't a hill I'm willing to die on. In other words, you don't respect a citizen's ability to own private property? Okay okay, so you obviously can't have a perfect candidate you side with 100% all the time. And I'm not for open boarders. I think that borders should serve to keep out only those who would do us harm. Criminals, terrorists etc. I also think welfare in and of itself is unconstitutional by its very nature so...
Leo Stewart
If you think welfare is unconstitutional then it's probably not a good idea to bring in millions of people that are dependent on welfare and will vote in their self interest to continue receiving as much of it as possible.
Mexico for example which is the biggest source of immigration to America both the rival parties are members of Socialist International. Mexicans aren't fleeing socialism. They come here and vote for it along with voting to ban guns and other third world policies.
