Posted by
Tim Blessing on Friday, March 07, 2008 7:50:17 PM
I took the test on the Libertarian Party Website to determine what my ultimate political philosophy is in life.
Their test analysis of my belief system is Libertarian.
Yet, I have mainly participated in Republican events and voted Republican.
The Republican Party has an organized wing called the Religious Right, which I do not agree with in terms of social control.
The Republican Party has another wing of economic conservatives whose sole reason for existence is tax cuts, which I agree with on most counts although I would hope that economics would encompass much more. The Republicans, however, have forgotten their more broad minded appeal of capitalism to the general public.
The National Security Conservatives believe in a strong national defense, but have gotten bogged down in nation-building.
They have lost control of the national security issue to the NeoCons who are a group of people I despise for their failure in Iraq.
libertarian Republicans belief in the principles of Liberty as based on the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
That means they do not believe in social regulation, economic regulation, and international regulation.
Simply, I as a libertarian Republican believe in a minimalist government, except when faced with an emergency, but once the emergency is over I want to return the government back to its appropriate size and role.