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Bob Barr shares a 56% similarity with your beliefs on Trade and Economics
I strongly support unrestricted free trade
“We certainly…believe in the benefits of open and fair trade.... I have no problem at all with trade agreements, but they have to be fair, they have to be open.”
I’ll leave it to others to dissect his overall record, but on international trade Barr is no libertarian. During his eight years in the House, from 1995 to 2003, Barr voted on 24 major bills and amendments affecting the freedom of Americans to trade and invest in the global economy. He voted in favor of lower trade barriers only four times, voting in favor of higher trade barriers 20 times.
A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most efficient manner. Each person has the right to offer goods and services to others on the free market. The only proper role of government in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. All efforts by government to redistribute wealth, or to control or manage trade, are improper in a free society.
National Platform of the Libertarian Party, Adopted in Convention, May 2008, Denver, Colorado
Voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO.
Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements.
I strongly oppose an increase in the federal minimum wage
Barr signed the Contract with America: The Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.
Contract with America 93-CWA10 on Sep 27, 1994
I am neutral on legislation restricting employers from interfering with union votes
We support repeal of all laws which impede the ability of any person to find employment. We oppose government-fostered forced retirement. We support the right of free persons to associate or not associate in labor unions, and an employer should have the right to recognize or refuse to recognize a union. We oppose government interference in bargaining, such as compulsory arbitration or imposing an obligation to bargain.
National Platform of the Libertarian Party, Adopted in Convention, May 2008, Denver, Colorado
I strongly oppose government subsidies to farmers
A: Two things, so as President of the United States do you get rid of ethanol and do you get rid of farm subsidies? A: "Absolutely on farm subsidies. The vast majority of farm subsidies by the way go to farmers in farm families and corporate farms that have no need for it whatsoever. I think the average income for a family that recieves the farm subsidy is that 54% of them have incomes over $200,000 a year."
Voted NO on the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (H.R. 2646), which authorized $167 billion over ten years for farm price supports, food aid and rural development.
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