01-06-2011, 02:35 PM
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Is Libertarianism Ready for Primetime?
Interesting LIBERAL review of the current wave of libertarianism.
Source: http://nymag.com/print/?/news/politi...82/index5.html
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For all the talk about casting off government shackles, libertarianism is still considered the crazy uncle of American politics: loud and cocky and occasionally profound but always a bit unhinged. And Rand Paul?s dad is the craziest uncle of all. Ron Paul wants to ?end the Fed,? as the title of his book proclaims, and return the country to the gold standard?stances that have made him a tea-party icon. Now, as incoming chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the Fed, he?ll have an even bigger platform. Paul Sr. says there?s not much daylight between him and his son. ?I can?t think of anything we grossly disagree on,? he says.
There?s never been a better time to be a libertarian than now. The right is still railing against interventionist policies like TARP, the stimulus package, and health-care reform. Citizens of all political stripes recoil against the nanny state, which is nannier than ever, passing anti-smoking laws, banning trans fats, posting calorie counts, prohibiting flavored cigarettes, cracking down on Four Loko, and considering a soda tax in New York. All that, plus some TSA agent wants to handle your baggage.
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