I am not a Libertarian

I got a chance to see the Libertarian presidential candidate speak. I think his name was Bednarik. I liked him. He gave us an excellent analogy. He asked us if we'd like to move back in with our parents and live by their rules. We all said no. He asked us if we'd rather make our own decisions or let our parents make our decisions. We said we'd rather make our own decisions. Then he asked if we'd rather make our own decisions or let the government make decisions for us. We said we'd rather make our own decisions. In his first five minutes, he displayed more intelligence than Bush or Kerry (not saying much), so by the end of his speech, I decided to vote for the guy.

I'm not a Libertarian though. Never have been. Probably never will be. For one thing, I've been to many Libertarian meetings (I go to political meetings all the time) and one thing they have in common is they're cold ass people. They basically believe you get what you deserve. If you're poor, it's your fault for being a lazy ass.

No, I don't buy that. There is such thing as bad luck and I've seen it happen way too many times. I don't want to pay for someone on the dole who's lazy, but I will gladly pay for someone on the dole who the floor fell from under him. And do you expect me to believe that Paris Hilton earned her millions?

The other major beef I have with the Libertarian party is that they're anti-environmentalism. Hate to break it to you Libertarians, but one of the reasons I love America so much is that we're not India. We don't have human fecal matter floating in our rivers because the sewage gets dumped straight in. We don't have half-burned up human corpses floating down the river because the guy doing the incineration ran out of gas.


Sure some corporations pollute and get away with breaking laws, but we do have standards and for the most part, they are enforced. And sure the Bush Administration is a nightmare to environmentalists, but he's still head and shoulders over anything in the Third World.

I've been to Mexico City and it's disgusting (a great time, but you'll take ten years off your life living there). Compare Mexico City with any city in America, even Houston or L.A., and there's a night and day difference.

Libertarians refuse to acknowledge that. They refuse to acknowledge that there are good environmental laws and setting aside some land for Natural Parks is a good thing. They'd just as soon open the whole country to the highest bidder. Screw that.

Item #3. I know labor unions are corrupt. I know some union employees are the laziest people in America. But I also know American history as well as about anyone and know without the unions, there would be no middle class, there will still be child labor, they'll be no minimum wage, and working conditions would be atrocious.

There must be a balance between capitalists and labor. Too much power to the capitalists and labor gets exploited. Too much power to labor and nothing gets done. Libertarians hate labor unions and will take the side of the capitalists every time.

Nope. So for me, those are the three main reasons I'm not a Libertarian. Love their civil liberty plank, especially their disdain for all gun laws, but nope, The Zombieslayer's not one of them.