You're all voting for Johnson so the LP gets matching funds, right?

[presence]

isn't getting the LP $10 million a goal we can all get behind?

perhaps giving 3 entitled groups $10m of "free money"
is worse than giving 2 entitled groups $10m of "free money"

??

Vote for libertarian ticket so that the anti-tax party can get more taxpayer funds.

yeah I think I'll pass

 

[nikcers]

I've given up on any sort of purity tests for Libertarians. I consider myself an anarchist, but I think a Libertarian president would be an improvement over Clinton. Is that up for debate?

Most people don't want to debate this because they get pigeon holed into debating whether or not first past the pole is absolute. I tend to think that first past the pole is more like physics than gravity, and therefore is only a symptom of the limited examples of elections that we have already held. I don't think that we can change gravity, but I also think that isn't the argument, the argument is whether or not the laws of physics are absolute or if maybe we don't have all the information.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Vote for the LP candidate so that Weld can get campaign welfare in 2020? I'll pass, thanks.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to specsaregood again.

You always get more of what you subsidize ...

Onward and upward! Weld/Ryan 2020!!

 

[euphemia]

no. it's our money to take. they stole it from us and we have a duty to steal it back.

In what way will Gary getting matching funds give you back your money?

 

[euphemia]

you better stop using public roads. no true libertarian would use public roads

Who says?

 

[dannno]

In what way will Gary getting matching funds give you back your money?

Think of it like an investment into getting more of your money back.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Been out of the forums since Rand dropped out. Was planning to sit this election out, when I read that the LP will be eligible for $10 million in Federal matching funds if Johnson crosses the 5% threshold.

Personally, I like Gary anyway, but isn't getting the LP $10 million a goal we can all get behind?

It certainly should be. And apart from matching funds, there's also ballot access and media coverage to be won.

I'm hard pressed to see a downside. The purist counterargument ("how hypocritical to take taxpayer financed matching funds") is extremely shortsighted. The Trumpkin counterargument ("a vote for Gary's a vote for Hillary, whose worse than Trump, even though Trump's the same on every important issue!") is extremely retarded.

 

[oyarde]

Been out of the forums since Rand dropped out. Was planning to sit this election out, when I read that the LP will be eligible for $10 million in Federal matching funds if Johnson crosses the 5% threshold.

Personally, I like Gary anyway, but isn't getting the LP $10 million a goal we can all get behind?

It would make sense if the money came to me , I am a Liberty expert and know more of this subject than the Libertarians do .

 

[euphemia]

I've given up on any sort of purity tests for Libertarians. I consider myself an anarchist, but I think a Libertarian president would be an improvement over Clinton. Is that up for debate?

Of all people who should have purity tests, Libertarians are first on the list. Sheesh, if we can't produce a candidate that believes in the fundamental right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of property, then what are we doing? And if we can't find someone who believes in the Bill of Rights, can we call ourselves Libertarians?

 

[euphemia]

Think of it like an investment into getting more of your money back.

An investment of what? A guy who wants to come after my freedom? Not even a little bit. Let him go raise the money to pay off his campaign. No matching funds to Johnson.

Nobody should get money to run for office, even if there are enough boxes checked on those tax forms.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

No. that would just encourage them to produce a sequel for 2020.

 

[Superfluous Man]

1) I don't believe Johnson stands much of a chance of breaking 5%.
2) Even if he does stand a chance, my vote won't make a difference in that.
3) I don't care about the LP getting matching funds.

 

[CPUd]

The right candidate could get $10M in 1 or 2 moneybombs.

 

[satchelmcqueen]

Been out of the forums since Rand dropped out. Was planning to sit this election out, when I read that the LP will be eligible for $10 million in Federal matching funds if Johnson crosses the 5% threshold.

Personally, I like Gary anyway, but isn't getting the LP $10 million a goal we can all get behind?

i thought once rand dropped then yes we ALL could get behind something like this. but prepare to be surprised brother. people here support trump far more than you can imagine and have forgot what ron stood for. i feel ashamed for this movement and this forum because of it. im voting for gary.

 

[69360]

In what way will Gary getting matching funds give you back your money?

It redirects the money the government stole from me via taxation to something I care about.

 

[Natural Citizen]

No.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

i thought once rand dropped then yes we ALL could get behind something like this. but prepare to be surprised brother. people here support trump far more than you can imagine and have forgot what ron stood for. i feel ashamed for this movement and this forum because of it. im voting for gary.

Roughly 20% of a largely unmoderated forum who support Trump should not come as that much of a surprise. I am curious though, you do understand that opposition to Gary Johnson does not auto-magically mean support for Trump or Clinton, right?

 

[GunnyFreedom]

It redirects the money the government stole from me via taxation to something I care about.

Just look at all the good that 501(c) money did for the church..... oh wait....

 

[Anti Federalist]

Vote for the LP candidate so that Weld can get campaign welfare in 2020? I'll pass, thanks.

Annnd there you have it.

 

[Origanalist]

It certainly should be. And apart from matching funds, there's also ballot access and media coverage to be won.

I'm hard pressed to see a downside. The purist counterargument ("how hypocritical to take taxpayer financed matching funds") is extremely shortsighted. The Trumpkin counterargument ("a vote for Gary's a vote for Hillary, whose worse than Trump, even though Trump's the same on every important issue!") is extremely retarded.

Since you seem to have missed it, OB and specs already presented it;

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to specsaregood again.

You always get more of what you subsidize ...

Onward and upward! Weld/Ryan 2020!!