Robert L. 'Bob' Barr Jr. is the Libertarian party candidate for President in 2008. Bob Barr has had a varied career as an attorney, professor and a United States Representative in the House. His campaign website can be found here. According to that website, he believes in drastically reducing the federal budget and spending, that charity is an act of the private sector and so government should get out of the entitlement business, that the free market should determine America's energy policy without government interference in any way, that we should scale back the ability of the government to invade our privacy and gather intelligence on Americans while still protecting against crime and terrorism. In addition, he wants a quick end to the Iraq war, but he wants to bring home all troops from around the world as well. Moreover, he says that government has made health care as expensive as it is so they should get out of the health care business and give it back to the free market. Also, he believes that education is the responsibility of the states, not the federal government and so the Department of Education should be abolished, he also believes in strong property rights with only a very limited eminent domain and he believes in a strong second amendment gun ownership right without government regulation or restriction. A few final issues. He believes that marriage is an issue to be dealt with at the state level, not at the federal level, that taxes should be cut significantly to go along with federal budget cuts, that the Federal Reserve should be made accountable to the people, that the borders should be secured but that we should welcome immigration as vital and good and finally that the Declaration of Independence states that "ALL" men are created equal and therefore the government should have no laws which discriminate based on sex, religion, race, etc.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Third party candidates - Libertarian party
Robert L. 'Bob' Barr Jr. is the Libertarian party candidate for President in 2008. Bob Barr has had a varied career as an attorney, professor and a United States Representative in the House. His campaign website can be found here. According to that website, he believes in drastically reducing the federal budget and spending, that charity is an act of the private sector and so government should get out of the entitlement business, that the free market should determine America's energy policy without government interference in any way, that we should scale back the ability of the government to invade our privacy and gather intelligence on Americans while still protecting against crime and terrorism. In addition, he wants a quick end to the Iraq war, but he wants to bring home all troops from around the world as well. Moreover, he says that government has made health care as expensive as it is so they should get out of the health care business and give it back to the free market. Also, he believes that education is the responsibility of the states, not the federal government and so the Department of Education should be abolished, he also believes in strong property rights with only a very limited eminent domain and he believes in a strong second amendment gun ownership right without government regulation or restriction. A few final issues. He believes that marriage is an issue to be dealt with at the state level, not at the federal level, that taxes should be cut significantly to go along with federal budget cuts, that the Federal Reserve should be made accountable to the people, that the borders should be secured but that we should welcome immigration as vital and good and finally that the Declaration of Independence states that "ALL" men are created equal and therefore the government should have no laws which discriminate based on sex, religion, race, etc.
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