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I am capable of further insight.
""affirmative action"
The solution to discrimination is to find methods of ensuring discrimination does not occur. Affirmative action only roughly approximates when discrimination is occurring, so when it approximates correctly it works and when it does this incorrectly it is wrong. That is why it "could be justified by a certain situation".
"social security"
Libertarians should support this on the basis that it be used solely for preserving justice and not to pay bums for not working etc.. Unfortunately libertarians occasionally enjoy believing in things which are not true and this affects their judgement and they do not even consider the actual purpose of the government, perhaps going so far as to say good ideas are not inherantly libertarian.
"abortion on demand"
If the baby can survive outside the womb, no. If it can't, yes.
"higher spending"
If rural red states vote for a government which reduces government spending even though they get the ivory end of the tax stick, surely democrat voters are also at fault? Curiously this situation fits in with the premise that liberals are stupid and conservatives are immoral.
"more social programs, and increased funding to them"
These should be taken up by regulated private firms to ensure they actually do good for the economy. Everything except the preservation of justice can be done through the market economy, where justice is preserved.
"Legislation affirming the right to life of the unborn"
Should be replaced by legislation affirming the right of a fetus that can survive outside the womb to complete the pregnancy. There are bound to be immoral people who think it is justified to cut their pregnancy short by 3 months for their own convenience.
"slashing taxes" Taxes should be as low as possible whilst retaining a high degree of law enforcement.
"slashing spending on social programs"
They could be slashed in a matter of months if they were privatised and divided between different coorporations who believe they can make a profit.
"opposing affirmative action"
People should be judged by how priviledged they are instead of irrelevant demographics. Just like when you see a black man you should not assume he is a criminal, when you see a black hobo and a white hobo you should not assume the white hobo must be a lazy bum because he has been given priviledges all his life and the black hobo must be there due to racism. You've just met these 3 people, so how can you know anything about their past?
"opposing legislating tolerance"
There should be absolutely no restrictions on free speech whatsoever.