Libertarian David Boaz on Obama and McCain

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/09/David_Boaz_The_Coming_Century_of_Liberty

Cato Institute Executive Vice President David Boaz gives a libertarian's critique of Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain.

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A key figure in the libertarian movement, Boaz surveys what he sees as the threats to freedom from the Bush administration and the current presidential candidates.

Though he is frustrated with many of the candidates' positions, he remains optimistic about the future of civil and economic liberties.

But he says that the future of freedom requires that Americans devote considerable effort to preserving and protecting these rights - The Commonwealth Club of California

Cato's executive vice president David Boaz has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, described by the Los Angeles Times as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas," the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and coeditor of the Cato Handbook on Policy.

Boaz is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, CNN's Crossfire, NPR's Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered, John McLaughlin's One on One, Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media.

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[RepublicanAtheists]

libertarians are the best

[Libertarian87R]

I'm from Poland, but I really hope that Ron Paul would achieve some great success. Death of socialism and interventionism are my biggest dreams.

Freedom or death!

Libertarian 4 life.

[undeadarsenal]

@RepublicanAtheists only 42 thumbs up? -_-' come on we can do better than that...

[JohnColt]

fantastic analysis!

[jtizz711]

Scary shit....

[Yanirakarola]

OL DIRTY BASTARD 2012!!!!!

[madderbass]

Fuck the mainstream left and right political mechanism! We need more of a third party to run more in the mainstream as well. It should be libertarianism but maybe the reform party might be a good idea as well. I'm just sick of the mainstream political rhetoric, they're basically saying the same thing right now. It's like a huge stalemate.

[Silam81]

That national service program gives me the creeps. Sounds like a compulsory draft going by another name.

Another war against individual rights.