Jason Clark, 2007
- Libertarianism as a political philosophy: I am libertarian in terms of social policy.
- Economic policy: I am leftist/socialist,
believing from each according to his abilities,
to each according to his needs.
- I am also a fiscal conservative and believe that:
- Americans cannot endlessly borrow and consume without producing anything the rest of the world wants.
- Public debt is unhealthy in the long run.
- The Federal Reserve is unelected and unaccountable, and serves mainly to pander to the mob on Wall Street.
- All democracies with fiat currencies tend towards inflation. The Fed has debased the currency (which hurts workers more than it hurts the propertied class).
- Nixon taking us off the gold standard (35 years ago) was a terrible blunder.
- Education: must have public funding, must be improved
- Taxation: progressive
- Support international bodies such as the UN,
and other governmental works
- Corporations need to be reined in -- they have too much power.
- Public funding of elections
- Separation of check and state, as well as church and state
- The private side is important, too:
no governmental intrusion,
invasion of privacy,
suspension of Habeas Corpus, and other horrors.
- Foreign policy: we must not be a nation builder cramming our so-called democracy down other peoples' throats.