Thanks for that. We need to stick together.
I still remember worrying if Reno would subpoena Jim’s records...
I tell people I have libertarian leanings but not that I’m a libertarian. I cannot go along with open borders (that’s insanity) and I favor a strong national defense.
Broadly speaking I agree with them on the vast majority of issues but not all and some of the really extreme ones advocate things like the total legalization of all drugs including the really destructive ones like Cocaine and Heroine and Meth and Opiods etc that I just can’t agree with.
I also think they’re naive to just believe the market by itself can/will correct for others’ protectionism. In general I’m not a protectionist but I fully recognize other countries can and sometimes do try to pick off your country’s companies in key areas, steal their technology, subsidize their own to gain an unfair advantage, etc etc. A national government has to respond to that. You can’t just let others use the power of their governments to skew world markets in favor of their companies to the detriment of yours AND you have to take national security into account in sensitive areas.