executive director of the libertarian national committee about what the new republican majority means thanks very much indeed for joining us so why is the the republican party now controls the house and they're promising change from obama's so-called big government what can we expect from them. well as a libertarian i would like to see vastly reduced spending and taxes but i don't think republicans are going to deliver that they sometimes talk about it but if you look at what the worst policies that congress has delivered most of them have been bipartisan for many years the bailouts of the banks the invasions afghanistan and iraq the deficit spending even a lot of the health care programs have been supported by both republicans and democrats so to me i'm not expecting much positive not not the kind of positive change i would like to see i don't think that's going to happen with republicans in power where you yourself are saying you'd like to see a massive cut in spending but is there really a credible credible alternative is to i mean is there really an alternative solution. well the alternative is to get serious about cutting military spending to get serio

it says let's grow up, realize that despite the efforts of the libertarian party and other parties, today research companies know what color underwear you prefer. they do. airlines with frequent flier programs and records and marketing data, they know a lot about a lot of passengers, and what they recommend is to use the equivalent of the booking system of the end point to monitor all this and to identify frequent travelers, frequent fliers of all airlines automatically. the moment you buy a ticket, you get a boarding card, you get a sign on the boarding card saying you're a frequent flier, and it's a probability based risk assessment. if the guy flew 50 times in 50 weeks and in the previous 50 times he never blew up airplanes, it's unlikely he'll do it on the next flight. this screens out people. screen bookings by identifiable groups like the japanese teachers. i keep mentioning them because they represent a major part of the traffic due to the sad fact that japan teachers are glossily overpaid because they like to have good schools and they travel all the time. twice a year a normal. b

. >> i am from the libertarian party of san francisco. i want to speak about the request to include communications from the public. and this is not just to say that the commissions -- there is a letter received for these concessions. this does not include with the person said to the commission. unless you request that the communication be kept confidential, in which case it should be marked on the agenda that he received a communication to be kept confidential. the default position could be that the communication from the public is fully printed in the agenda. it is in the interest of democracy and accountability, for the members of the public to be able to see the way that other people are communicating, unless those people request that this be kept private. and i would ask that -- you place these on a future agenda. and i would also include in a telephone communication, the formal and written letters. thank you. >> todd? >> good morning. todd mavis, project sponsor and owner at 35 lloyd street. ever since the meeting, the neighbors have

and on behalf of the libertarian party, members of the city u. i'm here to express my concern on these areas regarding reflection -- the ding reflection -- the selection of the police chief, i think i agree with the previous speakers, it should be as open and public as possible. i think also it would be worth trying to save the taxpayers some money here, you know. don't strictly look at a person's competence. look also at their willing noss do the job for less money. say would you be willing if appointed police chief to take $100,000 salary cut and put that back into the general fund, for instance? i think these kind of things should be on the table. it should be an open and public process. ideally the police chief today is such a political position, i think it should treelly be elected rather than appointed. but as long as it's appointed, yes, let's get the public in on this as much as possible. we're also very concerned about the ongoing abuse of force by some officers, unfortunately, the public doesn't know to identify the bad apples and so th

russia which was eventually ratified by the senate late last month was was benedict from the libertarian party says the current bipartisan system is leading america into a dad and. if you look at what the worst policies that congress has delivered most of them have been bipartisan for many years the bailouts of the banks the invasions of afghanistan and iraq but the deficit spending even a lot of the health care programs have been supported by both republicans and democrats the united states is spending itself into oblivion we're going broke or doing way too much spending on millett on the military if congress stop doing anything that would be the second best thing that could happen the best thing would be that they start cutting government i think that republicans will pretend they're trying to cut taxes or cut government and claim that democrats are being a roadblock to it and your only solution is to vote for more republicans democrats have used the same tactics when it comes to various programs if you don't elect more democrats the republicans will stop a so yes they will be playing politi

parties. that was a benedict executive director of the libertarian national committee well he usually famed for its shopping cutting edge fashion and love of big business something's smelling a bit off in new york residents are starting to complain about mountains of waste being left on many street corners of the big apple. dives headfirst into the reality of a city sky high in rubbish. you're standing next to a pile of garbage taller than yourself how does that make you feel. while the world marks the new year one thing marking new york are melton's of. striking a huge blow to the city's traditionally glamorous image you can't even cross the street with. people. to discuss. anthony is a mailman his job takes twice the time these days sadly he notes his salary has not . been one instance however mounds of garbage. as one new york. unsuccessful this weekend want to jump out of the window did not turn fatal unexpected software into piles one of thousands filling many of the almost six thousand miles of new york city streets the average american is said to produce fifty tons of garbage in a lifeti

i am out reach director of the local chapter of the libertarian party. i live across the street. in this crazy system of regulations we have, that makes me a stakeholder in this issue, although i would stand for the right of a business to do business in any case. in the case of ike's, i have to say it saddens me to see a business become so unexpectedly successful. when it first opened, i was going in there because i had seen several different businesses in that location fail. i thought, "great. a sandwich shop. they make good sandwiches." i tried to patronize them in the hopes they would stay open. i did not expect the would stay open. two months later, the word started getting out. pretty soon, i could not get a sandwich everytime. there was a line down the block. personal inconvenience of not being able to enjoy the sandwiches as readily is just terrific. i am sorry that a number of my neighbors seem to be so inhospitable. frankly, i have not seen these problems people are talking about. i live right there. the only issue i can see is the traffic. the cars, yes. people sitting

i'm wes benedict, libertarians standing for free markets and civil liberties. the partyroups oppose these scanners for different reasons. .. advocate and sees a role for government in providing safety. libertarians would like to see the government do less. when libertarians and ralph neighedder agree a -- ralph nader agree a program is bat, it's time -- bad, it's time for our government to listen up. [laughter] [applause] i'm glad we have a congressman or two participating today. i wish more republicans and democrats took our constitution and bill of rights seriously. the transportation security administration is rapidly rolling out a program at our airports where you have to choose between getting a full body scan where tsa agents can see an image of you nude or getting an intrusive pat down like a criminal. we'll here from aviation experts, security experts, and others that the scanners don't do any good. republicans serious about cutting wasteful spending should take a look at cutting this full body scan program. democrats talk about defending civil liberties. these s

these three visions are the tea party, libertarians, and the pro-business conservatives. are the tea party constitutionalists? on the supreme court, they have only one consistent rep. that is justice clarence thomas. he combines religious conservatism, nt federalism, and opposition to elite. these were views clarence thomas had before the tea party was up and running. the constitutional brew of the tea party movement is a man that angelo codevilla has heard of. this is the constitutional source most cited at tea party rallies. they waved his book on the mall when they march at tea party rallies. his views are most consistent with tea party senators. he combines religious conservatism and suspicion of the separation of church and state for the historical reasons that professor codevilla with a crew seated -- with a crusading anti-libertarianism. they believe the environmental protection agency is unconstitutional as well as the department of education. this man argues that the 16th and 17th amendments should be repealed. he believes social security is a form of unconstituti

>> there are plenty of libertarians in the liberal party. there are high tax liberals, but there are also low tax liberals as well. it is the belief in freedom, individual liberty. >> us say you have the iraq war or the afghan war. if you are conservative, what is your position? >> if your conservative, your position ranges from being against the war all along to be a really enthusiastically in favor of them to the feeling that these were rather difficult foreign policy ventures, military adventures, where we had a duty to support the united states, even if we had some doubts about the venture. liberal democratic party are almost all against the war. -- both wars. >> this was the first election that we had leaders, like you do in america, we have our prime ministerial candidates -- even though the public does not have any right to vote for them, they had three debates. i think they were generally thought to be a success. i think they will be a regular feature of future elections. but there was a great deal of difficulty about it. mrs. thatch

party meeting that is held within 50 miles of my home. i inte to keep going. you will find democrats, republicans, libertarians, independents. everybody comes to them and they are all disgusted with exactly what is behind you in the building. thats what we're going to change. god bless you all. god bless america. have a great day. host: mr. galston? guest: first of all, my hat is off to the tea party movement. it's a genuine grass-roots movement. it has mobilized a lot of energy and a lot of discontent. americans who want to change the way things are going and to want to make things better have been the lifeblood of our country from the very beginning. no labels is no different. we are republicans and democratics and independents, and trying to find a way forward in very difficult times. i would ask you and the people watching this program to suspend your disbelief. we're in very mistrustful times. david frum just talked about a conspiracy theories. the air is filled with them. let's try to cool the temperature a little bit and focus on the real problems that we confront. the real problems are not our political adversaries.