What ever happened to the LIBERTARIAN Republicans?!

[Politruk]

I was under the impression that the GOP had a definite Libertarian faction going back to the Reagan years or further. It was never at the center of the New Right coalition - the religious right and the business interests each counted for more -- but it was always a very important part of it.

Now we have an administration doing the most authoritarian, un-Libertarian things imaginable. They might like the spending cuts and staffing cuts, but these tariffs go against everything Libertarians believe. So do the deportations. So does all this lawfare against Democrats and weaponization of the DOJ. So does the idea that the president is a unitary executive all agencies must obey absolutely as if they were departments of one of his businesses. So does the idea that he can ignore court rulings. So do these arrests of judges. So does the interference with colleges and universities.

Why aren't the Libertarian Republicans raising Hell about all of that?!

 

[Politruk]

There do not seem to be any Libertarians at all in the Freedom Caucus, despite the name.

 

[VamPal1]

Idk. My ex turned nto a Liberatian. All I know is the Freedom Caucus and Libertarians want regulation for everyone else, but them.

 

[Politruk]

It was never at the center of the New Right coalition - the religious right and the business interests each counted for more --

Come to think of it, this admin can't be sitting well with the business interests, either. Substantial fortunes have been wiped out in a matter of weeks.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Idk. My ex turned nto a Liberatian. All I know is the Freedom Caucus and Libertarians want regulation for everyone else, but them.

We used to have a very small albeit very loud contingent of glibertarians on this board.
They lived by the mantra "Rules For Thee, But Not For Meeeeee!"

 

[Politruk]

We used to have a very small albeit very loud contingent of glibertarians on this board.
They lived by the mantra "Rules For Thee, But Not For Meeeeee!"

That's not surprising.

If there were religious rightists on this board, that would be surprising!

 

[Politruk]

Seriously, why don't we hear Libertarian Republicans screaming to the high heavens over all this?!

 

[Politruk]

What about Rand Paul? He's still a senator, isn't he?

 

[Politruk]

I'm not talking about the Libertarian Party. They have always been marginal and irrelevant.

But the Libertarian faction of the GOP ought to count for something!

 

[JohnEngelman]

Libertarians do not want the government to tell them what to do. They want the government to tell people they don't like what to do.

 

[Politruk]

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[Politruk]

Well, here's SOMETHING.