Posted by Donny Ferguson on Feb 23, 2009 at LP blog. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
The Kansas City Star newspaper today points readers to a blog entry from blogger Nick Sloan, asking "Will bailout-mania open door for Libertarians?"
"But at some point – and we may be there already– America is going to be sick of bailouts and stimulus packages. And Libertarians have been the strongest opponents of it and have been more consistent against bailouts and deficit spending. Remember, the GOP embraced deficit spending during the Bush presidency.
"Libertarians need to prepare and pounce on this opportunity. There will never be a better time for Libertarians to recruit Americans to their cause and ideology."
It’s a question more and more political observers are asking, and every day we’re getting e-mails from former Republicans who are switching theit voter registration.
This swing towrds Libertarianism is not just happening on your side of the pond,
That is, indeed, encouraging.
Perhaps, one of these days, we can make it a “world” event!
I’m for it.
This swing towrds Libertarianism is not just happening on your side of the pond, we are fighting to get our voice over here with a really big rally:
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/newsdesk,2025,civil-liberties-campaigners-meet,75393
Perhaps, one of these days, we can make it a “world” event!
Cheers,
Geoffrey
Well, we’re certainly in a tough spot – but I don’t think that America is sick of the bailouts, this early, as the blog entry implies.
We’ll be tired of bailouts, if this time next year (2010) there is no upturn. THEN, America will grow sick of this bailout – AND the president.
Obama will be a one termer. His successor will be a one termer.
We’re probably going to end up much like the late 70s/early 80s, with inflation, interest rates and UE all in the 10% range. Not a depression… but not great by any means.
The Dems and Reps will be unable to explain what happened. Their bankruptcy will be clear. Will the LP be ready with a credible explanation and alternative?
Yeah! The Libertarian Party has been failing to appeal to left-leaners. Ron Paul does better at that as a paleoconservative Republican! Talk sex n drugs! Drug party, sex party, don’t be afraid of it! At least stand for legalizing marijuana and prostitution!
I agree. But of course, there are many other peace and civil liberties issues, and left-friendly, bottom-up ways of explaining non-statist economics.
“punctuated equilibrium”
I read this is ‘punctured equilibrium’.
It appears that both are in use.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%98punctured+equilibrium&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Yeah! The Libertarian Party has been failing to appeal to left-leaners. Ron Paul does better at that as a paleoconservative Republican! Talk sex n drugs! Drug party, sex party, don’t be afraid of it! At least stand for legalizing marijuana and prostitution!
“punctuated equilibrium”
I read this is ‘punctured equilibrium’.
It might.
If there is another depression and world war with Obama, as I think there may very well be, the situation becomes much more fluid, and the possibility that one or both major parties collapse or reorient their positions, and/or that the electoral system or the US as a whole collapses, rises dramatically.
Most change happens as a punctuated equilibrium.
Crisis=opportunity.
Oh boy – an end to the two party system might be near.
every day we’re getting e-mails from former Republicans who are switching theit voter registration.
Now, the real question: when will the LP give more former Democrats a reason to switch their voter registration, as Obama is already busy selling out every peace and civil liberties constituency that helped put him in office?