If I could vote this election, I would not vote for Obama like everybody else here, but Bob Barr of the Libertarian Party.
I am not voting Bob Barr because of who he is, but what he stands for. The Libertarian Party's views and ideas are very similar to my own and I agree with the policies they have in mind. It is naive to think that they would arouse enough supporters to break America out of its two party system, however. Anyway, the Libertarians' policies include relaxing gun control laws, eliminating drug prohibition, limiting the power and sovereignty of government officials, and allowing more rights to the American people in ways that have proven to work well. Both the Democratic and Republican Parties are untrustworthy and have worked to create the giant government monopoly that exists in America today. Both of the parties lie and contradict themselves in the political nonsense they spew. It is because of the two parties that America is this deep pool of danger right now. The candidates for the parties aren't too impressive themselves. Despite what he claims, Obama is a pretty bad judge of character and is still inexperienced in executive matters. McRage is dangerously unstable and his campaign of lies and attacks on his opponent leaves something to be desired. Joe Biden is a man filled with gaffes and mistakes, talking way too much for his own good. I'm not even going to start on Palin. While Bob Barr is not the choice candidate for the Libertarians, he still stands for liberty and rights that Americans should have in the first place.
The Libertarian ideas for crime and punishment is one that I agree very strongly with. The system today has too many loopholes and injustice. Government officials themselves can easily get out of what they had done as long as it remains quiet, and they can easily bail out anyone they like from whatever crime they commit. Under the libertarians, this corruption would at least be curbed down. Criminals would pay any and all expenses caused to the victims, in addition to their sentences, and would be held entirely accountable and responsible for their crimes. The Libertarians would end drug prohibition, which creates unnecessary drama in the justice system. Ending the drug prohibition would allow the elimination of programs made just for keeping with that law, allowing more time and money to be spent on real, violent crimes. It would free up prison space devoted to drug sentences for robbers and murderers who should be in there longer anyway. Libertarians would relax gun regulatory laws and encourage the possession of concealed weapons, which would allow better protection and safety. The party would also kill the government regulated school system that is failing and allowing more felons into the streets. More personal rights leads to more personal justice.
Other issues addressed by the libertarians include the economy, foreign policy, personal freedoms, healthcare, welfare, and taxes. The party would eliminate the bailouts and government spending on the "free market" to the larger companies, allowing the companies to be held responsible for their mistakes. They would stop the dependency on aid from the US in foreign countries whose economies have been stumped by the interference of America. The party would end the faulty welfare system that creates dependencies and unfair taxations, and promote more productive ways to solve poverty, such as creating more available jobs. The Libertarians encourage private charities, businesses, and programs that would be more cost effective and limit the power of the government. Healthcare would be deregulated to allow cheaper and more accessible medication and treatment. Without welfare and all of these useless or ineffective government liabilites, taxes would naturally lessen and become less of a burden, allowing poverty to lessen as well. Most important to me, the Libertarian party would not place limitations on media and freedom of speech, and would get rid of the censorship that lets government regulate the information given and received. This is not Soviet Russia or Imperial Japan, this is the land of freedoms and rights. The Democratic and Republican parties only limit these rights and expand the jurisdiction and power of government while keeping themselves safe.
Only Libertarians can save America from the authoritarian tyranny that the government is becoming. He may not win, but voting for Bob Barr would at least confuse the polls a bit and maybe allow some political electoral blunder show itself and cause the American people to realize what they have almost subject themselves to.
Arnold Chow
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