10 Reasons Libertarians are Just Better People than Liberals

by Austin Petersen
Libertarians

#4. We aren’t irrational about things like profit and losses.

If a private corporation had crashed a train, liberals would point to its net income as a sign that they cared about money more than safety. They can point to Amtrak, a company that loses money all over the country, and argue a lack of funding. Subsidized and heavily regulated industries that operate at the behest of government are doomed to incur losses. The need for profit is a policing mechanism that isn’t allowed to do its job. Effectively, liberals create perpetual losses and then blame this outcome on a lack of funding. It’s like pouring milk down the drain and then complaining that you never have enough milk. The rational thing to do is to stop giving money to people who lose it and kill people in crashes.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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