I’m a conservative. I believe in individual liberty, free markets, private property, and limited government, except for:
- Social Security;
- Medicare;
- Medicaid;
- Welfare;
- Drug laws;
- Public schooling;
- Federal grants;
- Economic regulations;
- Minimum-wage laws and price controls;
- Federal Reserve System;
- Paper money;
- Income taxation and the IRS;
- Trade restrictions;
- Immigration controls;
- Foreign aid;
- Foreign wars of aggression;
- Foreign occupations;
- An overseas military empire;
- A standing army and a military industrial complex;
- Infringements on civil liberties;
- Military detentions and denial of due process and jury trials for citizens and non-citizens accused of crimes;
- Torture and sex abuse of prisoners;
- Secret kidnappings and u201Crenditionsu201D to brutal foreign regimes for purposes of torture;
- Secret torture centers around the world;
- Secret courts and secret judicial proceedings;
- Warrantless wiretapping of citizens and non-citizens;
- Violations of the Constitution and Bill of Rights for purposes of u201Cnational securityu201D;
- Out-of-control federal spending to pay for all this.
The Libertarian:
