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Well, I don't believe I've heard anyone, liberal or not, deny that if people have more money from tax cuts or refunds, then they're going to spend more money. Even if they save their money in a bank, the bank uses that money to put out loans to people who will obviously spend it. The more money that's spent, the more money companies recieve, the more money companies can increase wages or make more jobs with. All that is pretty much common sense. Deep tax cuts or tax abolishments that put money in the pockets of all social classes maintain and give strength to the economy. Besides, income, property, and sales taxes aren't just uneconomical, they're evil. A wide variety of government programs that they pay for are unwanted or unneeded by the general public. You could liken the government to a type of super-monopoly that forces its customers to pay for services, and then waste (in some cases) even more then 50% of the hard-earned money on bureaucracy. We need to go back to the way government was run in the early days of the U.S., where you had thousands less federal employees than today. I don't think tax cuts just boost the economy, because that would indicate that I would think that an economy with taxes is the normal economy, I think that since we tax our economy now, that it is hindered, that we have a negative economy, and we are below the "x axis" so to speak, and the economy has great potential to make everyone richer. Less and less people think of America as the land of opportunity anymore, and it's because of regulations and taxes. What Bush among many other conservatives seem to do is push through temporary tax cuts that are supposed to boost the economy out of a recession, but what you find is they fail to match the tax cuts with less federal spending and end up with huge deficits. What can happen with liberals is the other side of the picture, they increase federal spending and run up the deficit if they don't match it with a tax hike. Libertarians believe, unlike conservatives and liberals, that many (if not nearly all) federal programs need to be thrown out, then there will be plenty of budget surplus for a huge tax cut that can stay cut indefinately.

In conclusion, I don't view a deep, lasting tax cut as a bribe for votes, I view it as giving the economy back to the people, and letting them control their own money again.

*cheer* I always liked your choice of words.

I want to cut federal programs like mad. Cutting the federal size and power would take time because of bearucracy. But I think, if our government started now, it can be done by the year 2200 (I'm optomistic).

Yeah that would be amazing. I think the party should also focus on flooding the Congress with Libertarians. That's equally as important as getting a hold of the presidency. Then on the way long-term goals, we could focus on getting a Libertarian in the Supreme Court.

dont we have an amazing number of smaller offices already?

i disagree. I believe that with that increased power and visability, more and more people will be registering libertarian, and we will eventually rise to power.

definately. As long as we get want we want, it doesnt matter who's in power right?
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nevermind....i don't believe that lol I don't want some bullshitter as my president