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Tell me what is wrong with post 13, and quit making ridiculous statements and conclusions like me being a liberal, from a post where I am condemning liberalism, and that I work for the government, who knows how you get that.

In 1980 the libertarians ran their most successful Presidential candidate ever, trying to stop Ronald Reagan, their canidate, Ed Clark.

"In 1979 he won the Libertarian Party presidential nomination at the party's convention in Los Angeles, California. He published a book on his programs, entitled "A New Beginning". The book's introduction was by Eugene McCarthy. During the campaign, Clark positioned himself as a peace candidate and emphasized both large budget and tax cuts, as well as outreach to liberals and progressives unhappy with the resumption of Selective Service registration and the arms race with the Soviet Union."

When asked in a television interview to summarize libertarianism, Clark used the phrase "low-tax liberalism,"

In 1980 the libertarians ran their most successful Presidential candidate ever, trying to stop Ronald Reagan, their canidate, Ed Clark.

Well.... Ed Clark did (just barely) break the magic 1% mark, which is really, really good for a Libertarian....

But he still got squashed.

One Libertarian said that. One. I don’t know what he meant. Maybe, because, prior to the 1930’s liberalism meant smaller government, and more indivudual freedom, before progressives started calling themselves liberals, appropriating the word for something that was, and remains, anything but liberal.

Do you favor smaller or larger government. I don’t believe you ever mentioned which you prefer.