Most people on the NS community at least know what a libertarian is, but for those who don't they're described as a party with a platform that's both fiscally responsible and socially tolerant. This is the biggest compromise that could have ever been made in politics, and now the libertarian party is the 3rd largest and fastest growing party in the US. And there's good reason, they promise paying off debt with a balanced budget while allowing room for social issues at the same time. They support gay and women rights, drug legalization, getting our troops home, abolishing the patriot act and death penalty, and enforcing the constitution by the letter.
However, they would also have the same economic policies as the republicans. This doesn't mean "giving tax breaks to the rich". No, they're calling for abolishing the income and corporate taxes as well as the IRS, and replacing it with a "consumption/fair tax". The downside: gas will go up to $10 per gallon, you would have to pay as much as $50 for a bottle of liquor, and $30 for a pack of cigarettes. He also plans to tax marijuana and carbon-related industries. The only social issues that the libertarian party has that are the same in the republican platform are immigration and gun control, but the recent nominee Gary Johnson explained very well his legislation and why he supports these things.
Who here would consider voting for the libertarian party? My first time I considered was seeing scandals by Nixon, Bush, Clinton, and Obama. Both parties are corrupt. Take a look at this Q&A by Gary Johnson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0zGYai3KOc
