On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 07:52:30PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > Given that their platform, and Ralph Nader, calls for 90% tax rates for > those with "excessive" wealth or income, they're far more statist than > anyone else out there.
Yep -- their platform is extreme. Like I said, I'm not a GP voter. > As for the LP, I gave up on it many years ago. Going to one State > Convention was enough. (Of course, people are basically interested in > using government to help them out, so statism tends to expand. This is > why there is virtually no chance that the LP will ever win a major > popular election. Hence the importance of changing the underlying > technology, rather than using the political process.) Agreed, of course. The LP is marginal both because of its views (how many people would really feel comfortable getting rid of all taxes, which I recall is in the platform) and because of the wacky personalities of many of the people who are active in it. And, yes, there are plenty of decent, honorable people involved too. At best the LP and small-L libertarian think tanks like Cato/CEI/Reason/PRI/etc. can fight defensive battles. -Declan
