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To: Road Walker who wrote (355650)	10/22/2007 1:40:24 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575817

Short honeymoon "Last December, the New Republic hosted the unlikely marriage of liberalism and libertarianism. Cato Institute scholar Brink Lindsey presided over the 'liberaltarian' wedding, a union rooted in "philosophical commitment to individual autonomy as a core political value.' "It would be easy to dismiss Lindsey's article as the ideological equivalent of a midlife crisis, but it appeared in the context of a larger 'Libertarian Democrat' meme embraced by some libertarians and liberals alike. The idea was that liberalism would provide a happier home to freedom-lovers and that Democrats could actually behave in ways that enhance liberty. "How is the happy couple faring? A month after Lindsey's piece appeared, the honeymoon was already over. The liberal-led Democratic Congress quickly rescinded its promises of fiscal responsibility, outspending the Bush administration by $20 billion even on the Iraq war supplemental. In violation of free-market principles, Democrats boosted the federal minimum wage by 70 cents. And to cover the bill of greater government spending, their budget blueprints authorized a $721 billion tax increase over the next five years." — Garin K Hovannisian, writing on "The Liberaltarian Delusion," Wednesday in the American Spectator Online at www.spectator.org