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What part of that is running counter to libertarian talking points? The libertarians have been pointing out that the Republican party is a fiscal disaster for a
by roenxi 3y ago
What part of that is running counter to libertarian talking points? The libertarians have been pointing out that the Republican party is a fiscal disaster for a while now. As you pointed out it is just a matter of looking at the results to see it.
- defrost 3y agoHaving read (US) libertarian talking points for roughly four decades now there's very few things that run counter to some libertarian talking point, they're an extremely broad tent with many poles that stand at all angles, some that lay on the ground. Given there's no real core I'm happy to leave the libertarian part out and reduce to just poking fun at the notion that US conservatives are fiscal conservatives bravely trying but failing to keep their fingers in the dyke. FWiW I'm no particular fan of the other party in the US two party system, it's about time somebody took Ben Franklin's advice and opened the field up. Still, it's an iterative consequence of a voting system that didn't scale well that the washington system came to where it is.
- WalterBright 3y agoCongress has rarely passed a bill that resembles libertarian talking points. Very few Republicans are libertarians. For example, a libertarian has no issue with gay marriage. > just poking fun at the notion that US conservatives are fiscal conservatives bravely trying but failing to keep their fingers in the dyke. They voted against Biden's trillions in spending.