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To: wagglebee
Aside from lowering taxes and recognizing the Second Amendment are libertarians on the side of conservatives on ANY issue?

Who knows?

From the Internet:
Libertarianism (Latin: liber, free) is a classification of political philosophies that uphold liberty as their principal objective. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and freedom of choice, emphasizing political freedom, voluntary association and the primacy of individual judgment.

While libertarians share a skepticism of authority, they diverge on the scope of their opposition to existing political and economic systems.
Various schools of libertarian thought offer a range of views regarding the legitimate functions of state and private power, often calling to restrict or even to wholly dissolve pervasive social institutions.

Rather than embodying a singular, rigid systematic theory or ideology, libertarianism has been applied as an umbrella term to a wide range of sometimes discordant political ideas through modern history.

Although some present-day libertarians advocate laissez-faire capitalism and strong private property rights, such as in land, infrastructure and natural resources, others, notably libertarian socialists, seek to abolish capitalism and private ownership of the means of production in favor of their common or cooperative ownership and management.

Reads like the Libertarians do NOT have a unified platform to put forth for their candidacy.

18 posted on 07/15/2014 12:39:44 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain
Yep, they are basically liberal anarchists who don't want to pay taxes and want to keep their guns.
19 posted on 07/15/2014 12:42:04 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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