Hello, DU. I am a libertarian.

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50. Thanks for your reply ....

Let's cut to the chase on the flat tax. 57% of all federal discretionary spending goes to the military. 100% of all military spending is to protect and advance the interests of the wealthy. You really think we wage wars and maintain a nuclear arsenal to protect people in the ghetto? Get real. If we want a fair tax code, the wealthy should be paying a larger pecentage of their income than the poor.

You're worried about corruption in government but not in corporations. Government's job is to protect the citizens, and regulation are intended to do just that. No, they're not all about kickbacks. If there's corruption in government we can clean it up (that's what electins are for). If there's no regulation of corporations we're all simply screwed as corporation will run over the rest of us in the name of profit. This has been demonstrated time and time again. The Audubon Society has no ability to regulate corporate polluters. Such thinking is terribly naive.

As for firearms, your stated position is that private ownership of arms is to prevent tyranny, yet it does not.

On edit: I watched your minimum wage video, which provides no evidence that minimum wage kills jobs or does any other harm. It merely advocates for a "market wage" and acknowledges this would result in a drop in wages for many Americans. This would of course ruin the American economy, but add to the bloated coffers of multi-national corporations. Is that really what you want? Can you provide any logic for why the minimum wage for a full-time worker should not generate enough income to provide for food, shelter and healthcare? Can you cite any reason why corporations should be allowed to shift these costs to the rest of us? Or are you OK with having people work full time - and more - and still not be able to survive? Or do you simply advocate that everyone become a doctor?