“Liberals and libertarians both act as if the crisis facing us can be fixed if we take more from the “wealthy elderly” or give them less.”
That is not a libertarian position at all. There are libertarians who think it can be solved by opening the borders to one degree or another, but that is another argument, and they are wrong on it for other reasons. Taking stuff from other people is pretty much the opposite of libertarianism.
I’m sure there’s one in every crowd, but I’m reading that in their platform.
IMHO, the ‘solution’ to both IS reigning in the Federal leviathan. There is NO authority for wealth distribution and if there is no carrot, there would be WAY less illegal immigration (IE: no ‘free’ $$$ to entice).
It’s why I tend to identify as (L) or ‘Constitutionalist’; IMHO (again) ‘Convservative’ denotes no STARTING point (IE: Are we conserving 60’s America? 30’s? 20’? 1890’s?).