[davidboyd] Cool Papa Boyd: It's hard out here for a libertarian

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Posted by Cool Papa Boyd:
It's hard out here for a libertarian
http://davidboyd.org/posts/1173472377.shtml


   [1]Lindsey:

     Forget about walking the walk; almost nobody even talks our talk in
     the political arena anymore. The limited-government rhetoric of
     Ronald Reagan, the bold plans by the congressional class of 1994 to
     eliminate whole Cabinet departments â all that is just a distant
     memory. You know things are bad for libertarians when we begin to
     experience Clinton nostalgia â but can you imagine a current leader
     in Congress, or a serious presidential candidate for 2008, actually
     saying today that âthe era of big government is overâ?

   It's easier for folks who want to expand government power. In addition
   to principle, they have a concrete payout - jobs to be created,
   regulations to be imposed, enemies to be burdened. In today's
   environment of easy money, the forces against have lost their only
   tangible weapon and now have only principle making it all but
   impossible to continue to raise the troops to thrust unto the breech.

References

   1. http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/03/08/brink-lindsey/libertarians-in-an-unlibertarian-world/