Can Republicans define Libertarian?

Question

Does that mean Fiscally Right winged and Socially left winged?

Is the extreme of which "neo-liberal"....like say, Clinton?

How does Clinton fit into a Leftist Libertarian at all? Can you explain that?

So how often do you tar "liberals" with the same brush?

Answer 1

Clinton doesn't fit in anywhere. All he did was whatever the polls told him. Some leader huh?

Answer 2

In spite of the common root word, there is little reseblance between the American idea of 'liberal,' and the ideals of the Libertarian party.

Libertarians believe in the Constitution. They're fiercely capitalist, want personal freedom and personal responsibility, and insist on small government with limitted powers.

While Libertarians might side with leftists on some ideas, like the decriminalization of many drugs, or the implied right to privacy, they do so only when the leftists take the unusual (for them) position of supporting the rights of the individual, rather than pushing more and more restrictive laws.

Similarly, even though Libertarians are often considered 'consevative,' or radically right-wing, they are not. The right/left dichotomy doesn't describe Libertarians. Rather Libertarianism exists on a continuum, very simply, with smaller government and greater personal freedom on one side, and omnipotent government and absolute subjugation on the other. On that continuum, Libertarians are on one side, with only Anarchists closer to the extreme, while Democrats and Republicans, both, are closer to the other side, with Fascists and Communists beyong them.

Answer 3

Bill Clinton:

Expanded free trade

Continued Reagan's policy of deregulation, focusing on energy and financial services

Raised the top marginal personal income tax rate but created huge corporate tax loopholes

Signed welfare reform

Not only enjoyed a friendlier Fed than Bush '43 has had, but took advantage of it - refinancing higher yield long bonds with lower yield short bonds, resulting in lower interest expenditure per year, which in turn was 99% of the reason why he was able to produce a budget surplus.

Thus on almost all economic issues, Bill Clinton was a lot more like Reagan than he was like his own wife, or his Labor Secretary.

Unfortunately that party is a lot more like Robert Reich and a lot less like Robert Rubin than it was in the 1990s.

Answer 4

Not without name calling, lies or looking up the definition in a dictionary.