Comments on: The Power To Tax Is The Power To . . . Wait A Minute, Did I Say Something? http://www.popehat.com/2008/11/18/the-power-to-tax-is-the-power-to-wait-a-minute-did-i-say-something/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ken http://www.popehat.com/2008/11/18/the-power-to-tax-is-the-power-to-wait-a-minute-did-i-say-something/comment-page-1/#comment-15631 Ken Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:34:29 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=2106#comment-15631 Oh, I know that Christians -- including those who would call themselves Right -- are diverse and belong to all sorts of political subgroups. But the Republican Party message (and, to the extent it tries to sound Republican, the Democratic Party message) is rarely pitched to the libertarian or federalist wing, but to the wing that believes that an appropriate role of government is to enforce religious norms. Oh, I know that Christians — including those who would call themselves Right — are diverse and belong to all sorts of political subgroups. But the Republican Party message (and, to the extent it tries to sound Republican, the Democratic Party message) is rarely pitched to the libertarian or federalist wing, but to the wing that believes that an appropriate role of government is to enforce religious norms.

]]> By: David http://www.popehat.com/2008/11/18/the-power-to-tax-is-the-power-to-wait-a-minute-did-i-say-something/comment-page-1/#comment-15627 David Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:09:02 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=2106#comment-15627 <blockquote>But as I’ve said before, I think the Republicans are unlikely to kick their cultural conservative base to the curb, and that base is neither libertarian nor federalist.</blockquote> With respect, Ken, you're mistaken here. A substantial subset of the so-called Christian Right is both libertarian and federalist. Not the loudmouths, of course, but then those are amplified by a press that's looking for controversy.

But as I’ve said before, I think the Republicans are unlikely to kick their cultural conservative base to the curb, and that base is neither libertarian nor federalist.

With respect, Ken, you’re mistaken here. A substantial subset of the so-called Christian Right is both libertarian and federalist. Not the loudmouths, of course, but then those are amplified by a press that’s looking for controversy.

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