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"Conservative vs. Libertarian Over the course of the last week or so we have seen plenty of articles in the news about the Tea Party. How it didn’t have the wide impact that was expected on the primaries. The Tea party groups are simply putting more conservatives into office instead of maintaining their Libertarian values.
Needless to say, these neo-conservatives are NOT what the Tea Party movement was all about. The movement has been high jacked by the neo-cons of the Republican Party. From Sarah Palin all the way down to talk show hosts like Glen Beck. Most of these same people would not give Ron Paul the time of day last election cycle.
Ron Paul started the grass roots movement and now we are being paid lip service of Libertarian rhetoric by two faced politicians who want nothing more then to get reelected. If anyone honestly believes that John McCain is against amnesty, they need to get their head examine. If anyone believes that Newt Gingrich is for smaller government needs to go back and read history. If anyone believes that the talking head Glen Beck is a Libertarian, they need to go back and find out what the definition means.
No these people are doing their job. That job is to keep most people in the Republican Party. They are doing a fine damn job too. They are all out there passing along the talk of Libertarianism yet backing the neo-conservative. Such social conservatives are the death knolls of the US. Their one true goal, control everything.
They are nothing more then authoritarians. There is no more left/right conundrum. Now it is simply Libertarian vs. Authoritarian. Democrats and Republicans have been preaching the same goals for generations. Just from different perspectives. The American people have been duped. Since both parties are basically the same, no matter which one is in power, the true Libertarian principles of our forefathers will never raise its head again because the actual Libertarian base never gets any real choice for people in office.
Most conservatives think they are voting for smaller government. They are not. What they think of as conservative and what government thinks of as conservative are NOT they same thing. What the people think of as conservative is really Libertarianism. What the government thinks of is moral control over the citizens. For the social conservatives they keep voting for conservative really means National Socialism.
Read the article here (
Revolution Broadcasting | Crystal Clarity: Conservatism vs Libertarianism) for a closer look at what is being said by others on the subject. In this article there is a list to show the difference between Conservative and Libertarian. I have posted that list here so you can see for yourself the difference between the two.
CONSERVATIVE
Now remember, a conservative believes in small government and fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, free markets and private property except for:
1. Forced Social Security.
2. Forced Medicare.
3. Forced Medicaid.
4. Welfare.
5. Unconstitutional Drug laws.
6. Government Control over schooling.
7. Federal grants.
8. Economic regulations.
9. Minimum-wage laws and price controls.
10. Federal Reserve System, the Unconstitutional Central Bank.
11. Unconstitutional Paper money.
12. Unconstitutional Income taxation and the IRS.
13. Trade restrictions.
14. Immigration controls.
15. The postal monopoly.
16. Foreign aid.
17. Mass Foreign wars of aggression.
18. Mass Foreign occupations.
19. An overseas military empire draining economy.
20. An unwise standing army and a military-industrial complex.
21. Absolute Infringements on civil liberties.
22. Military detentions, denial of due process and jury trials for citizens & non-citizens (accused) of crimes.
23. Torture and sex abuse of prisoners.
24. Secret kidnappings and “renditions” to brutal foreign regimes for purposes of torture.
25. Secret torture centers around the world.
26. Secret courts and secret judicial proceedings.
27. Warrant-less wiretapping of citizens and non-citizens.
28. Violations of the Constitution and Bill of Rights for purposes of ensuring the above continues.
29. One last item: Out-of-control federal spending to pay for all this.
LIBERTARIAN
Now let us review the libertarian perspective. A libertarian believes in individual liberty, free markets, private property, and limited government. Period.
1. No exceptions.
DO NOT BE DUPED ANY LONGER
This is a midterm election year. This election will determine if we continue down the path toward National Socialism or start working our way back toward freedom. Neo-conservative, social conservative any type of government conservative is the WRONG CHOICE.
Ron Paul started the THIRD OPTION movement. NOW IS THE TIME TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE – TELL THE GOVERNMENT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Be wise with your vote – do NOT throw your vote away by casting it for the lesser of two evils. VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.
AMERICA NEEDS YOU."
Yours in Liberty
Jim Kearney
www.LibertarianViewpoint.com
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Libertarian vs. Authoritarian
