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Originally posted by PinkFloyd
Actually, we don't.

If the Austrian school had its way, we never would. Mathematical modelling and econometrics are anathema to them. Prose is king of the Austrian school.

Libertarians prefer less government.
Therefore, libertarians at this time of huge budge deficits and a gigantic, gi-normous, gi-huge debt overhang are more correct than either major party in recept policy proposals. Why choose healthcare benefits increases now??

Originally posted by eljefejesus
Libertarians prefer less government.
Therefore, libertarians at this time of huge budge deficits and a gigantic, gi-normous, gi-huge debt overhang are more correct than either major party in recept policy proposals. Why choose healthcare benefits increases now??

First, there are plenty of people who want smaller government that identify with the major parties more than Libertarians. So Libertarians are not "more correct" in this regard. As for these enormous deficits, one need only look to the Great Depression to find a real life example of the harm caused by fiscal contraction (then in the interest of balancing the long run budget) during a recession.

So no, I don't see how Libertarians are more correct.

Healthcare reform that actually lowers costs would be a tremendous help in solving our buget problem (though more changes to spending would still be needed).

Originally posted by telerion
First, there are plenty of people who want smaller government that identify with the major parties more than Libertarians. So Libertarians are not "more correct" in this regard. As for these enormous deficits, one need only look to the Great Depression to find a real life example of the harm caused by fiscal contraction (then in the interest of balancing ...[text shortened]... us help in solving our buget problem (though more changes to spending would still be needed).

But libertarians wouldn't say: have the fed raise rates, like the fed did in the 1930's.

Libertarians specifically take positions against government interference, whereas the other paties have been more mixed in general, whether big-millitary or big government-programs, so libertarians have been more right because of the decades of worsening budge deficits, including right up the the moments preceding this crisis. Now the spenders are justified? Well now there's such a big deficit due to those spenders that the options are horrendous.

Healthcare reform is not just reform, it is expansion, giving more benefits to more people.

Why not just work on efficiencies for now and leave the benefit increases for better times?


Of course, nobody is arguing that there are not small-government exceptions in the other parties, moreso in the Republican side where low-tax, low-spend still has a bigger voice than in the Democratic party.