Will Libertarians and Tea Party merge to form a larger 3rd party in the coming years?

[Mike]

I doubt that the Tea Party has anything to do with Liberty. They merely supported the most conservative candidates which almost killed our country People like Mitch McConnell. I call him The Turtle, because not only does he look like a turtle, he also never sticks his neck out by representing only the multi-billionaires of the country who give him political welfare money and his minion. The Tea Party should stick to Tea, that's about all they know.

Now, as far as the Libertarians are concerned, Rand and Ron Paul are Libertarians. Need I say more? They would have us abolish Social Security, the ONE GOOD THING that Government has ever accomplished for the working class stiffs like me. Sure Social Security needs to be reformed. But not abandoned completely. Why wants to throw Grandma or ME off the cliff? But, it does need a 'Means Test' which means that if you earn over a certain amount at time of Retirement, you should not qualify for a government pension.

There should also be reforms in the way that we invest in the Social Security System. I think the account should be more visible to the retiree so that they can invest their money in Real Estate or the Stock Market, however, it should not be completely privatized. Which means there should always be a guaranteed pay-out at retirement age, or else it's not worth doing. Most people will make huge mistakes in their financial planning, so there has to be a maximum part of their account that they can play with during their working years, say 10% of the funds. Some people would be very successful at making that 10% grow to equal or even exceed the other 90% that the government guarantees as the growth of the account.

So, Government needs huge reforms, but you don't throw the good out with the bad. One major way to reform Government is to allow for National Ballot Measures. This way, the electorate would have direct control over the crazy things they want to impose upon us. This is not Libertarian, or Partisan in any way. It's strictly the highest and best use of Democracy. And, this is what the founding fathers wanted us to achieve at some point in our Evolution. That's why they gave us the ability to change our constitution and add freedoms and liberties like this whenever we felt we were ready. I believe we're ready for Real Democracy in America today.