Do you think that government should redistribute wealth (through taxation)? Should a business owner be able to discriminate (as long as it's transparent)? Should our armies be used to help other nations -- how?

@GlyndonD Income taxation was enacted to replace the liquor tax after Prohibition was adopted as law. So no income tax. No tax on someone's ability to earn assuming the economic playing field is level. A business owner should be able to decide for themselves not who they serve but what they serve. So penis cake may be out but refusing to serve gay folks a regular cake is not. Armies to protect other democracies of reputably legitimate elections or to prevent genocide. TBD. Return to sin tax system with cannabis, prostitution, absinthe, alcohol, gambling heavily taxed for adults. "No system is perfect & as we progress as a species perhaps we will work these things out", she said hopefully. Not in my lifetime.

Well, seems to me that your label is pretty accurate -- somewhere between liberal and libertarian -- maybe closer to libertarian than liberal. The libertarian tent is bigger than the media portrays it to be (a bunch of extreme anarchists). Whatever -- it's going to take lots of small steps to get from here to there.

For many reasons, people will vote for only a Democrat or a Republican. One of these days, that's gonna break. Who knows what will happen after that. I think the two-party duopoly is very nervous about that. That's why they and the media jumped in quickly to quash Johnson. After Trump proves to disappoint the anti-establishment movement, libertarian Republicans might bolt to Libertarian, which might unleash libertarian Democrats to bolt, too.

@GlyndonD I think we conservatives have far more in common with Libertarians politically speaking than the liberals do. Although I remain hopeful I still rather doubt those on the political left will ever embrace Libertarian beliefs, they are grounded in too much political correctness. Perhaps after the current presidency is over more people will get pissed off and vote for a third party candidate. I don't bother as much anymore with the public threads on here, I'm content with the groups. I keep my eyes peeled for any new members who might be conservative/independent to let them know they are not alone on here amongst the sea of radical socialists, and I would be sure to mention this group to any who may have an interest.