Are Libertarians Really as Useless as a Bucket of Armpits? Or Do They Just Smell That

[Matt Collins]

Are Libertarians Really as Useless as a Bucket of Armpits? Or Do They Just Smell That Way? (http://reason.com/blog/2010/08/26/are-libertarians-really-as-use)

By Nick Gillespie:
http://reason.com/blog/2010/08/26/are-libertarians-really-as-use

[oyarde]

There is something incorresct in there.The part about spending and LBJ. Medicare.

[oyarde]

If I remember correctly , Medicare was over 21 % of the total US budget in 2007.

[Knightskye]

She might have added that libertarians (think Milton Friedman) had clear influence on conservatives regarding a military draft, tax policy, and school choice, for starters. In terms of partisan politics, the only self-identified libertarian in the 2008 presidential election, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), not only showed candidates how to use the web for organizing and fundraising, he almost singlehandedly put foreign policy on the table as a serious topic. Virtually all the GOP and Dem candidates (even Obama early on) were essentially status quo when it came to examining Iraq and Afghanistan. That's a pretty freaking huge impact.

And monetary policy. :)

[VirginiaRising]

They just smell that way.