\ue000What is libertarianism?
\ue000Are libertarians liberal or conservative?
\ue000How do libertarians approach the issues?
\ue000What is the libertarian position on the military draft?
\ue000Should the government regulate radio, TV, or the press?
\ue000Why do libertarians want to repeal regulations on sex for consenting adults?

\ue000Do libertarians support gun ownership as a personal liberty?
\ue000How do libertarians want to handle immigration?
\ue000What position do libertarians have on subsidies for farm and business?
\ue000Are people better off with free trade than with tariffs?
\ue000What position do libertarians take on minimum wage laws?
\ue000What about the poor?
\ue000Don't we need affirmative action to keep bigoted employers from refusing to hire minorities and

\ue000Aren't you going too far?
\ue000Won't these ideas work only if everybody is good?
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You have a better choice than just left or right. The libertarian way gives you more choices, in politics, in
business, your personal life, in every way. Libertarians advocate a high degree of both personal and
economic liberty. Today's liberals like personal liberty but want government to control your economic affairs.
Conservatives reverse that, advocating more economic freedom but wanting to clamp down on your private
life.

Libertarian positions on the issues are not "left" or "right" or a combination of the two. Libertarians believe that, on every issue, you have the right to decide for yourself what's best for you and to act on that belief so long as you respect the right of other people to do the same and deal with them peacefully and honestly.

"Actually, true conservatives tend to be libertarian on economic issues, and true liberals tend to be libertarian on social issues," says Sharon Harris, president of the Advocates for Self-Government. "The consistency is to the extent to which one believes in individual liberty. This is what I call the Libertarian Denominator."

Unfortunately, many of today's liberals and conservatives have rejected America's heritage of liberty and personal responsibility. They want to put us all in their straitjacket. Americans built a great country without shackles. It's time to take them off again. Break free of the useless left right spectrum. Think freedom on all issues. Think libertarian.[2 ]

Libertarians use a caring, people centered approach to politics. Politicians too frequently forget that their laws
and regulations affect real, live human beings. Libertarians never lose sight of that fact. We see each
individual as unique, with great potential. We want a system which encourages all of us to discover the best
within ourselves and make the most of it. A system which encourages the development of the most
harmonious relationships among all people.

Most importantly, Libertarians ask: is anyone violating another's rights? Is someone committing murder, rape,
robbery, theft, fraud, embezzlement, arson, trespass, etc.? If so, then it's proper to call on government to
help the victim against the wrongdoer. But, if not, the government should not get involved.

Americans would not like it if the government here owned or controlled the newspapers. Why should we like government control of TV and radio any better? As with printed words, broadcast words can and should be regulated by the free market.

This doesn't mean we must personally approve of the sexual behaviors of others. It simply means that as
long as the participants are consenting adults, no one has the right to use the force of government laws to try
to stop or punish them.

Criminal penalties do not stop prostitution. They just create real problems. One study showed it costs
taxpayers two thousand dollars every time a prostitute is arrested. Let's respect people's right to control their
own bodies.