Amongst a society enthused by big government dawned an antithesis known as the modern Libertarian movement. Great thinkers such as Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, his student Nobel economist F.A. Hayek, and the brilliant philosopher author Ayn Rand waged war against the swelling arbitrary nature of the United States government. After a number of decades in the twentieth century Americans had witnessed the fall of our government into a cesspool of greed, corruptness and immorality. We saw it in everything from the suspected "conspiracy" that killed a president to the mercenary politics that waged political wars We saw it in the in the 1970s as big government regulated our economy into a recession of unemployment and inflation. In 1971, a couple of those Americans, antagonistic Goldwater Republicans abhorred by Richard Nixon and what the GOP had become--socially conservative and the pusher of big government--gathered in the home of MIT graduate and founder of a new political economic classification known as the Nolan Chart, David Nolan. There these individuals set out to establish an alternative to the two fixed parties, called the Libertarian party--champion of freedom and personal liberty. .
Nearly thirty years after its inception in a nation ruled by a praetorian two party system that Libertarian Party has become "America's third largest and fastest growing party." (12:3) What does this say about Americans? Well it means more and more Americans are becoming disenfranchised with the government. During the 1996 presidential election nearly 90 million eligible voters stayed away from the polls. Furthermore, there are nearly 30% of Americans that are registered as neither Democrat nor Republican. This proves good news to the Libertarian Party that has seen an astonishing growth of 165% in the past four years (16:1) from 9, 512 members in March of 1994 to a record 25,000 in 1998.
Libertarians encourage gun ownership as well as education and training programs. ... Libertarians support free and open immigration. ... Libertarians would like to privatize and cut taxes along with eliminate welfare. ... Libertarians want to crack down on crime and protect victims" rights. ... What I like most about the Libertarian Party is their outlook on social security. ...
The Libertarian Party The Libertarian Party was founded in 1971 in Denver by a small group of Republicans and Democrats. ... The Libertarian Party believes a fresh approach is needed. ... Libertarians believe criminals should be more than punished. ... Libertarians also believe in the ending the prohibition. ... Libertarians believe the only cure for unemployment is a real job. ...
In direct correlation with our nation's constitution is a political philosophy know as libertarianism. Firstly, a brief definition of Libertarianism. ... As our constitution has it's founding fathers so does the Libertarian movement. ... The Libertarian party attributes this growth to the fact that "millions of Americans hold Libertarian beliefs." ... Certainly, Libertarians are aghast by the level of which our government's role has grown. ...
The Libertarian ideology is one that found its root in Robert Nozick's Anarchy theory according to Vernon Van Dyne. ... The third largest political party in America is the Libertarian Party. ... The Libertarian Party platform "advocates individual liberty and minimal government". ... The Libertarian Party can be classified as an ultra right wing branch of the Republican Party. ... The major problem with the Libertarian Party can be found within the ideology of the Libertarian Party. ...
The Libertarian Party is America's largest and most successful third party. ... Libertarians believe that being free and independent is a great way to live. ... Libertarians currently hold five hundred and ninety six public offices now. ... In Texas there are only five Libertarians that hold an office, but states like California and Florida have thirty or more elected Libertarians. ... The Libertarian party has built a successful third party from the ground up. ...
In libertarian ideology, the center of all evil is the State. ... Murray Rothbard is a libertarian anarchist, describing this ideology in an essay called 'For a New Liberty'. ... Spragens jr. expressed his reaction to this ideology in his essay called "The Limitations of Libertarianism". ... Another thing he claims is that libertarians tend to oversimplify and abstract important concepts, like freedom. ... In libertarianism, the right to freedom is the moral right of individuals. ...
When questioning whether I consider myself a liberal, communitarian, libertarian, or conservative; I feel that some of my views may be similar to those of liberals and conservatives, but when it comes to the meat of the matter, I most strongly believe in the opinions of libertarians. ... Like most other libertarians, I want a foreign policy of peace, free trade, and free of interference from the government. ... Since it is difficult to defend all of the libertarian's views, I will stress my opposition of the federal government's involvement in our social lives. ... This is OUR na...
., like the Libertarian Party, exhibit a structure that can be labeled ideological. ... Republicans are divided among economic conservatives, who believe lower taxes and less business regulation is the key to the state's prosperity; libertarian conservatives, who fear government intrusion upon an individual's life; and social conservatives, who believe our biggest problems are caused by the nation's moral decay. ...
Hospers position on "what libertarianism is" takes on two fundamental ideas of the libertarian. ... The term, freewill, should be taken in the most literally in the vocabulary of the Libertarians, except, when one person's freewill intervenes with another. ...
