Libertarians, what are your solutions for?

Question

the war on terror
the war in iraq
unemployment
healthcare
taxes
defense

Answer 1

The war on terror - Has to be won

Iraq - Whether you believe we should have gone into Iraq or not, we cannot leave now. The results of that would be devasting to Iraq and America for years.

Unemployment - Will never be complety gone no matter what we do. There will always be peoplethat do not want to work, and people with seasonal jobs ie. Construction. Fact of life the better big business does the more people that have jobs.

Healthcare - Big problem here. One that has been ignored by both Democrat's and Republicans. Healthcare costs have to come down. One way maybe to lower the ridiculous amont of money awarded in lawsuits. Have to fight the trial lawers lobby for that. Malpractice insurance is out of sight and probably the biggest reason for the high cost of health care. Possibly a national health insurance program. That would not only get everyone covered but would reduce costs to businesses and promote more growth and therefore more jobs(see unemployment) but also allow employers to pay more to employees. Ergo better for the economy and business.

Taxes - They get enough from us now. Better spending controls on the Government is all that is needed. Have to fight Congress on that one. They really enjoy wasting the money. Reduce congressional pay and retirement benefits. Get rid of the lifer politician and get in people that want to do the country a service not just ride the golden goose

Defense - With the Republicans on this one. A strong national defense is vital to our country.
Read American history, every time we have cut back on the military hard in our history we have paid a serious price. All the way back to 1812. We were not prepared for WWI and WWII. Both of those wars lasted longer than they should have because we were not prepared. Use them with more wisdom though. If we have to fight, last resort, hit them with everything you have, as hard as possible and make them want to quit. If we did that in Iraq we wouldn't be there now. And no one in the Middle East would want to do anything to bring us back.

Answer 2

I'm not necessarily Libertarian, nor am I Conservative (more Independent I guess). I don't know how to fix the wars but as for unemployment, make people get jobs (the jobs that illegals are working, because we don't want to) if they don't get a job in a certain amount of time STOP sending them welfare!! If they have kids take them away (I know the foster care system is over loaded also, so that will need to be fixed also, but it's a start) Heath care needs serious reform! I heard an idea from a friend that might work. Put a cap on how much a person can sue a Dr. or Hospital for Mal-practice. That's what's raising the cost of health care. The Dr's can't pay their mal-practice insurance so they raise their prices! Make insurance co. start paying for this they need to pay for. No more of this "pre existing condition" crap. If a person has cancer and needs health care, they need to be able to get it! And lower Rx prices (elderly people can't afford to get the meds they need and that's not right!)

Answer 3

As a European I don't have a purely conservative or liberal view on issues. This is an American trait. I'll give my opinions and let you decide where I sit.

War on Terror - Racial profiling at airports, tougher immigration policies, distancing America from Israel, elimination of Iran's nuclear capability.
Iraq - Stay in Iraq until Iraqi government has the ability to enforce law and order.
Unemployment - Nurture private sector, encourage competition and economic growth
Healthcare - I'm not American so I don't know a lot about your system. Only that it's one of the worst in the developed world.
Taxes - Keep taxes low to stimulate private sector. Eliminate import tariffs (they damage the American economy more than they help it)
Defense - Whatever's necessary. Invading Iraq doesn't fall into this category. However keeping it from descending into civil war does.

Answer 4

The War on Terror - There has been terrorism since Neanderthals were running round in caves, and people have tried to defend themselves since we learnt how to throw rocks. What 50,000 years of humankind should tell us is that the best way to end war is to lay down the weapons and start talking, trying to understand the enemy instead of just trying to kill him. Hence, call a 'ceasefire'. Instead of dividing the world into 'pro-NeoCons' and 'anti-neoCons', divide the enemy into two groups:
* Moderates with serious complaints that can be dealt with (social exclusion in Britain, Palestinian occupation, etc)
* Extremists, such as Osama Bin-Laden, whose only agenda is to make themselves powerful, no matter how many lives are lost on either side.

War in Iraq: shouldn't have gone in the first place, but now we're there, we have to do our duty and stay. Send more troops, and recognise that there is no short-term solution, and that the next few years are going to be painful. If Bush were to stop warmongering, there might also be more international support from groups such as the UN.

Unemployment: only a serious problem in mainland Europe at the moment. Everywhere else is doing OK. France, Germany, Italy and Poland should all make it easier to hire and fire people, start businesses, declare yourself bankrupt, etc. Germany specifically should be removing its archaic management style of having unions represented on the board. When all this bureaucracy is removed and allows businesses to get on with making money, everybody will benefit. Except, perhaps, a few civil servants. Admittedly, Prodi and Merkel are at least attempting to move in the right direction, but they need to convince the public at large of the need for these reforms. Chirac/de Villepin and Kaczynskis - the sooner they crawl back into a hole, the better the world economy will be.

Healthcare: tough one. Short term, provide those who were promised good healthcare and paid for it, the kind of service that they deserve. UK focused: that means cheap but good care for the elderly. The long term needs to be about encouraging people to take more responsibility for their own healthcare, including choosing the provider. That means allowing private companies to enter the market and compete. Give poorer people vouchers, and offer incentives to middle-income earners to encourage them to go private. Internationally, in the West, we need to be encouraging people to look after themselves and their families. Kids and adults need to exercise and eat more healthily, while everybody needs to recognise that they too will be old one day, and should look after people who need it now.

Taxes - aim to lower them, but only when it is sustainable to do so. Make deep and long-term cuts to the civil service; make serious dents to (and ideally end) pork barrel politics; and most importantly, flatten the tax system - remove complicated tax breaks, simplify tax returns, and spend more effort punishing those who defraud the system (business and personal alike).

Defence (UK spelling :P) - recognise that the Rumsfeld hi-tech tiny army model is not suitable for all occasions. It's pretty good at making small incursions in small operations, but it cannot be used to fight guerilla warfare like in Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq. The key there remains targetted manpower against the insurgents, while winning the hearts and minds battle of the civilian population. Work more multilaterally, with other countries through the UN, rather than playing a game of Risk, where the pieces are civilians and every roll of the dice could turn up with a nuclear weapon being launched.

Great question that I've answered from my own opinions, rather than strictly as a 'Libertarian'. I guess my summary would be... get rid of Bush, and all those who subscribe to his religious neoCon views throughout world governments.

Answer 5

Haven't checked lately, but Libertarians tend to want the US Government to reduce its role in all activities.

They do believe in National Defense and the Postal Service.

Answer 6

I hope the same as the president now

Answer 7

PEAS IN A RACK!!!!!!