Why libertarians vote for Republicans
by digby
As Paul’s Wall Street Journal op-ed notes, he crafted this plan with the assistance of some of the high priests of supply-side economic theory: frequently and flagrantly wrong bozo Stephen Moore, flat-tax evangelist and dimwit billionaire rights activist Steve Forbes, and the also frequently wrong Art Laffer, who launched the trickle-down revolution that’s given us over three decades of bad economic policy. Anyone familiar with these knuckleheads and the economic philosophy they espouse should already know what they’re promising with Rand Paul’s tax scheme: huge tax cuts aimed primarily at corporations and the wealthy will supercharge the economy and produce untold millions of jobs and untold trillions of dollars in tax revenue.
As Simon Maloy points out in his piece, if you like what Sam Brownback has done to Kansas you’re going to love what Rand Paul is going to do to the whole country. These are all Brownback’s guys and they haven’t repudiated any of it.
These people are good allies on civil liberties and will often be on the right side when it comes to foreign policy. But when it comes to social policy, regulation and economics they’re with the other side. And social policy, regulation and economics are clearly their priorities or they wouldn’t vote Republican.
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