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In reply to the discussion: In Left-Right politics, where do libertarians fit? [View all]PD Turk
(1,289 posts)I know quite a few people that identify themselves as libertarian or Libertarian. The ones I know that are the "big L" Libertarian party members claim to be for socially liberal ideals but that all generally gets thrown under the bus when it comes to fiscal issues,they are "my money" first and foremost.
I'm friends with a couple who describes themselves as "libertarian" (small l) and they both voted a straight Dem ticket in '08 and this time around too. The wife was frightened to death of what she called the "christian right womb police". She said "if it comes down to money or personal freedom, take the damn money just leave my personal life alone".
All of them though, seem to be rather naive about how an economy of the scale we have in a nation of 300 million+ people needs to work. It's all some magic fairy dust thing to them that somehow should work itself out if it were just left alone.