12-06-2016, 05:51 AM
(12-06-2016, 05:03 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:(12-05-2016, 03:29 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(12-05-2016, 12:35 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: As governor of New Mexico, Johnson increased the state budget by 75%. That's pretty much the opposite of libertarian, no matter what party nominates him.
Are you sure? I don't remember that being his record. He vetoed most spending bills.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/43...ves-beware
Much of the spending increase may have been through ineffectiveness rather than intent, but either way, his government grew, and as president, it's likely the same would have happened.
Either way he either can't or won't do the job of reducing the size and scope of government. That has been the problem with the LP's recent picks.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises