7 Issues Where Donald Trump is MORE Libertarian than Gary Johnson

Syrian Refugees.

Gary Johnson believes we should take “our fair share” of Syrian refugees.  When the American government takes on refugees, it takes responsibility for their health and well-being.  It offers benefits.  It offers free transportation, shelters, guidance, food, medicine, and almost anything else that the taxpayer can think of.  Wouldn’t the Libertarian position oppose taxpayer-funded intervention of this scale in favor of charitable assistance?  What constitutes our “fair share” is also unclear in the governor’s answer.  We know it’s somewhere between 1 and 65,000 according to his own words.

Donald Trump doesn’t want Syrian refugees harbored in the United States.  He cites concerns over terrorism and ties to the broader issue of border security, but is this not within the purview of the Executive Branch?  If Donald Trump supports a religious litmus test for refugees, this is clearly not a Libertarian-backed idea.  However his call for Middle Eastern neighbors of Syria to do more for the refugees flowing across their own borders would seem to be more Libertarian for Americans as it doesn’t involve greater involvement and mandatory expenditures from our government.