Is there such a thing as a Conservative libertarian?
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It depends.  You can be libertarian and disapprove of lots of things, as long as your response isn't to try to force people (personally or through laws) to stop what you disapprove of.  \n\nFor example, a good libertarian response to the idea of same-sex marriage is to try to get the government out of the marriage business completely: let people agree to contracts if they want the legal benefits of marriage (shared assets, inheritance, etc.), let religious groups set the rules for the kinds of marriages they'll recognize, and keep the government out of it.
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conservative, cause it is deepr thinking
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Alex,I would say you are a libertarian with some conservative leanings.
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I AGREE,,,, you can't be a conservative,,, it would be too sad,,,
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Conservatism is what it always used to be: don't go trying to change it.\nNo, I don't think Republicans are conservative, I think they are gullible.
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What several have listed are actually conservative ideals.  The republican party is closer to conservatism than the present democrat party, but still not conservative.   Oddly, the democrats in the day of JFK were more conservative than the republican party is today.\n\nUnfortunately the democrat party has gone off the left end of the spectrum and the republicans are heading there too.   We probably need a strong conservative third party if we want to save this country.
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Fiscal conservatives are in favor of limited government and prudent spending.\n\nSince I probably spurred this question, how would a fiscal conservative justify spending vast resources on experimentation?\n\nSocial and fiscal conservatives historically have agreed that federal money should not be used to further ANY agenda.
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I converted from Republican.  Libertarianism is more classical liberalism so there is no basis for the statements that "it won't work".  Many Jeffersonian beliefs are involved in Libertarianism.  And for God's sake, there is NO correlation between Libertarianism and communism.  They are two diametrically opposed philosophies.  \n\nWe're out here.  We will continue to gain support.  You can thank us now, or you can thank us later for saving America.  That's a little strong.  I'll work on it.
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I would assume that you are conservative in cognitive belief, but the results of your actions appear to be liberal.
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Conservatives are pro-business. Conservatives believe in lower taxes for the wealthiest (even if the result is government deficit spending) in the belief that the wealthy will invest that money in the stock market and businesses will hire more people with the additional investment. Conservatives do not believe in environmental regulations that can cause businesses to spend more money to keep pollutants out of the air. Conservatives believe in government regulation of peoples lives (such as abortion and laws against gay people).\n\nLiberals believe in higher taxes for the wealthiest to redistribute the wealth in the form of government services such as welfare for those living in poverty. Until welfare reform in the 1990s, the welfare system in the United States was often abused by those who were not truly needy. Liberals believe in environmental regulation and a cleaner environment, even if businesses have to install equipment to release less pollutants into the atmosphere. Liberals believe in less government interference in peoples personal lives (such as laws allowing abortion and laws protecting people from discrimination).\n\nAlthough most Americans are registered with the Conservative Republican Party or with the Liberal Democratic Party, many Americans do not always vote for the candidate of their party's choosing. These 'cross-over" voters combined with Independent voters result in federal elections that are often decided by slim margins.
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I would say this depends on what you are conservative about.  The issues that conservatives used to identify with the GOP are no longer fundamental to that party especially as concerns fiscal responsibility.  Civil liberty protection, refrain from nation-building, separation of church and state and a well-defined balance of power within the branches of government all USED to be core conservative positions.  Conservatism above all used to be about CIVIL BEHAVIOR (Rush!) HONESTY (W!) and COMMON SENSE (Rummy!)  Neo-conservatives have surrendered moderates to the RELIGIOUS conservatives and THEY now define YOU.  Even Nixon was more honest than this bunch.
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Im a hardcore conservative.
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No, it's an ideology, just like conservatism, authoritarianism, and libertarianism.
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There is the Libertarian party. Their ideas still fall short, but I like their potential, which is better than the Reps or Dems. Also they would more likely pass the FairTax act (HR25).
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The more liberty, the better.  Government should intrude on people's lives as little as possible.  Conservatives claim to be for that, but in practice they aren't; they want to regulate so-called morality, enforce so-called patriotism, interject their personal religion into other people's lives, and all sorts of things that make libertarians roll their eyes.
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I'm a liberal because I think for myself, believe in true equality for all, and I don't think that a government that bases it's policies on the 'needs' of Big Business has my (or your) best interests at heart. In addition, I value the future as a gift for my daughter, and conservatives only seem to think and plan in four year blocks.
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Neither, the closest I can muster is libertarian (socialy liberal, fiscaly conservative).\n\nVote independant, the two party system has failed, stop the corruption.\n\nand to those who say liberals are more like comunists... both liberals and conservatives are closer to comunisim than libertarian. Lest we forget the deffinition of a comunist... a social conservative, fiscal liberal.\n\nIt seems to me most americans now-a-days meet this definition (comunism), and are afraid of freedom.